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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Floods in FATA. Has FATA caused flooding in the country

The recent Monsoon floods in Pukhtoonkhwa actually started in FATA, but the FATA was not highlighted like other parts of the country. This may be due to scattered damages occured in FATA, but there are damages to livelihood in agriculture, livestock and non farm livelihoods, community infrastructure, including schools, roads, health facilities and communication means.and many more.
One thing better for FATA regions which were facing drinking water scarcity, are now replinished with drinking water but due to low recharge to many areas of FATA if the rains of winter dont begin soon, the water table may again fall back.
The FATA could be considered as source of floods in most parts of the Pukhtoonkhwa and other provinces of Pakistan because the hilly areas of FATA dont have some mechanism for storing and slowing down the rain water. Why not construct small rain water dams in FATA to reduce the flooding downstream and improve the water table in FATA.
Some people are planning for dams but those are not sufficient because they are slow, they have less resources and they are facing some strict policies imposed by their donors. why not invest in small water harvesting check dams, and rain water irrigation ponds in FATA.
If a person is not having water even for drinking purpose, leave alone the other basic needs of life, can we expect he/she will care for seucrity and peace of the world. If the world can not provide drinking water solution to some people, is it justified to demand many things from these few people.
Giving water harvesting check dams and small dams to this area can actually reduce the flooding downstream, which can reduce the burden on the humanitarian community worldwide, This can provide irrigation water to FATA farms which will engage the energetic people in food production instead of destructive activities, which can contribute to enhance food security in the region, and can provide better habitate to wildlife and can lead to conservation of environment.
Hey guys ! what are you thinking? If you can not help in solving the problem directly you can help in spreading these ideas. why wait for suitable time? this is the most suitable time for starting, lets start somewhere......

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