The Spokesman Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Sunday clarified that fair distribution of water was being done among all the provinces.
Water was being distributed among the provinces under 1991 water accord, said IRSA spokesman Khalid Rana in a statement.
The spokesperson said IRSA has no role in supplying water to Karachi and this was an internal matter of the province.
He said there was a shortage of water for some days due to lack of water in the rivers. However, now the situation is under control, he added.
The spokesman said that more water was provided to Sindh than Punjab province during cultivation of cotton. The Sindh has to face only 4 per cent water shortage so far while Punjab province faced 16 per cent shortage.
Now water was being supplied to South Punjab for cotton and other provinces were also being given water according to their share, he said.
The Spokesman said that there was no plan under consideration in IRSA to set up a power house on Taunsa Panjnad Link Canal.
He said water was being provided to Punjab through Greater Thal Canal for Chashma Jhelum Link Canal.
Khalid Rana said IRSA couldn t slash the water share of any province. Every province has its representative in the authority and without which the distribution of water could not be decided.
He said one million feet of water was available in the dams, water would be provided to the provinces according to their share even at the time of rice cultivation. He said Sindh was also providing wrong water statistics besides exaggerating line losses.
As many as 2.5 million acre feet of water has been provided to Sindh province so far in Kharif season, he added. He said there was no dispute over Chashma Jhelum Link Canal and Taunsa Panjnad Link Canal. Punjab drew its share of water from these canals with the permission of IRSA.
He said a purely technical matter was being politicized.
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