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Byline: ASMA RAZAQ
Pakistan may face food crisis with 4 million acres of agriculture land in Punjab expected to become barren due to reduction in water inflow from River Chenab due to construction of Baghlihar dam by India.
Ibrahim Mughal, Chairman of Agri-forum, told Business Recorder here on Saturday that due to the construction of Baghlihar dam by India on the River Chenab the water inflow in Upper Chenab Canal and Lower Chenab Canal has been reduced by 18 percent, from 55000 cusecs to 8000-10000 cusecs, that would negatively impact 4 million acres of farm land in Punjab.
Baghlihar dam is a run-of-the river Indian project on the river Chenab in the …