Exploring Water Scarcity and its Effects on Indigenous Communities in Quetta, Balochistan
Abstract
Water is critical to human survival and economic development globally. The largest province of Pakistan Balochistan, Quetta is facing drought, water scarcity, and quality problems, which have adversely affected the life of the community. Major reasons for research work on water scarcity across the province was limited because of accommodation, transportation, time constraint, and data collection. This study is based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected in the universities of Quetta district through a well structure questionnaire, whereas, secondary data was collected from online accessible sources. The results indicated that the water level has reached an alarming level, primarily due to a subsidy on electric tube wells, indiscriminate installation of tube wells violation of tube-wells spacing norms, growing of high delta crops, population growth, and poor drought management. The paper describes the social and environmental consequences of water shortage issues and analyzes the causes of water scarcity including the mismanagement issues of water resources which has intensified over the years. To address the challenges of water scarcity and resource management, this article aims to identify the causes and effects of water scarcity in Quetta city. Additionally, it will also suggest solutions to overcome the water scarcity problem.
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