Speakers for steps to discourage wastage of water

Pakistan needs Kalabagh Dam like many dams to meet its future needs of water and electricity; however, in addition to these dams, we have to promote various measures at grass root level to discourage wastage of water, said Chaudhary Muhammad Nawaz President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI). He was addressing a seminar on "Best Water Management Practices for Textile and Sugar Industry".
The seminar was organised by World Wide Fund Pakistan (WWF-P) in collaboration with Cleaner Production Institute (CPI) at FCCI here today. He said that textile is the brand name of Pakistan and Faisalabad is dominated by the textile industry with a visible dominance of textile processing along with other up and down stream venders. He said that in present age each process is financially evaluated to make it economically profitable. He said that if this water intensive process is completed with minimum water it will reduce the cost of doing business and hence we have to introduce such practices in this sector.
He thanked WWF-P for selecting FCCI to hold this workshop which will not only benefit the textile industry but also bring a qualitative improvement in the overall environment of the city. He assured that FCCI will continue to cooperate with world wide fund to organise similar awareness seminars on various topics of mutual interest. He also welcomed the proposal to set up WWF office in Faisalabad and offered space for it on third floor of FCCI complex.
Vice President FCCI Chaudhary Jameel Ahmed said that every year 30 million acre feet water is wasted to sea because of absence of enough reservoirs in the country. He suggested that WWF-P might have collaborative arrangement with FCCI for promoting the sustainable water use and water stewardship for small and medium industries of Faisalabad. Dr Masood Arshad, Director Climate, Energy and Water, WWF-Pakistan briefly explained the aims and objectives of this organisation and told that an office of WWF will be established very soon in Faisalabad because of its importance in overall economy of Pakistan. He hoped that this proposed office will become functional very soon and more seminars would be organised to save environment in this mega city. He said that water resources are depleting at a much faster pace and Pakistan is moving from water stressed country to water staved country and this situation has necessitated immediate measures to saving this precious natural asset. Senior Project Officer WWF-Pakistan Sohail Ali Naqvi told that Best Water Management Practices (BWMP) project was originally launched in Lahore for SME sector. It proved very successful and now we are going to introduce it in Faisalabad which has large numbers of SMEs.