Farmers protest against water shortage

Farmers of several villages in Dheri Zardad area of Charsadda district have staged a protest demonstration against insufficient water supply to irrigate their farms and appealed to the government for taking steps for uninterrupted water supply. The protesting farmers said the farm lands in Dheri Zardad and Khweshgi areas were being provided irrigation water via two canals from River Kabul. They alleged that for the last few months the machine that was taking water from the river to canal is dysfunctional due to technical fault.