ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ab nuclear isotope tareeqon ki badolat apne zer-e-zameen pani ki musalsal aur kahin zyada tafseel se nigrani kar sakta hai, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ne Hafta ko jari ki gayi report mein kaha.
Report ke mutabiq, Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) ke hydrology aur zer-e-zameen pani se mutaalliq programme ki badolat Pakistan ne isotope tareeqe apnaye, jin se pata chalta hai ke zer-e-zameen pani kahan se dobara bharta hai, woh kitna purana hai aur aloodgi kin raston se us tak pahunchti hai.
Programme ke teht hone wale mutaalon mein Indus Plain, Quetta Valley aur Cholistan Desert ko shamil kiya gaya. Report ke mutabiq, is se pehle riwayati tareeqon se hukkam ko mulk ke aquifers ke bare mein sirf bunyadi data milta tha.
Khitte ki sab se jadeed isotope analysis sahulaton mein se aik Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) mein hai, jise mulk bhar mein phaili 12 laboratories ke network ki pushtpanahi hasil hai. Yeh Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) ke saath mil kar kaam karta hai taake isotope data qaumi zer-e-zameen pani ke models mein shamil kiya ja sake.
"Is integration se over-extraction, salinity intrusion aur aquifer par dabao ki doosri suraton ki jald nishandehi mein madad milti hai," report mein kaha gaya, aur mazeed kaha gaya ke policymakers zer-e-zameen pani ke bohranon par radd-e-amal dene se un ki roktham ki taraf barh rahe hain, jis ke maeeshati, samaji aur mahaulyati fawaid hain.
Pakistan duniya mein zer-e-zameen pani ke sab se bare istemal karne walon mein se aik hai. Yeh pani Punjab ki zyadatar zarai zameen ki abpashi karta hai aur shehron mein piye jane wale zyadatar pani ki faraahmi karta hai. Quetta Valley jaise ilaqon mein water tables kai dahaiyon se gir rahi hain, aur solar se chalne wale tube wells ka tezi se phailna, jin ki badolat kisan din raat, taqreeban chalane ke kisi kharch ke baghair, pani nikal sakte hain, is fikr mein izafa kar chuka hai ke aquifers se pani kitni tezi se nikala ja raha hai.
