Experts at the workshop emphasized the necessity of good water management through water accounting, which is critical for assuring water availability in various sectors, particularly the agricultural sector in Pakistan.
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan hosted a workshop to educate local print, electronic, and digital media journalists, as well as media students, about water governance in Pakistan. The program aimed to help media professionals report more effectively on water governance.
Dr. Muhammad Arshid, Deputy Country Representative of IWMI Pakistan and team leader of the WRAP Programme Component 1: CRS-IWaG, noted that IWMI is now working on a number of water-related reforms through the UK Aid-funded programme. Some of these reforms include water accounting and water resource assessment.
Data as a Service (DaaS) applications include water allocation systems, groundwater management information systems, and irrigation demand management, among others.
He stated that these reforms will improve water governance in the Indus Basin and help to implement national water and climate change goals. They will also encourage sustainable water use in Punjab to ensure compliance with the Punjab Water Act 2019.
Additionally, divers have been put in 300 tube wells around the Okara district to read the water level. As a result, it is no longer necessary to visit the field to collect this information. Instead, data may be accessible from any location in the globe simply connecting to the internet.
