Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the government’s water conservation policies were finally showing results as the depletion of Lahore’s groundwater had stopped for the first time in the last four decades.
“The Usman Buzdar-led Punjab government has stopped fall in Lahore’s groundwater for the first time since 1980,” the premier wrote on Twitter.
He said the depletion of underground water levels had been stopped through effective water recycling policies, new aquifer charges, underground rainwater storage, timely pumping, and other targeted actions.
The prime minister also shared statistics showing Lahore’s minimum water level at 5.7 meters and maximum 15.96 metres in 1980 that fell to 8.18 metres minimum and 23.33 maximum in 1990 and further to 11.94 metres and 32 metres in 2000.
