The officers of Social & Environmental Management Unit (SEMU) gave a detailed briefing to the General Manager (TM) Syed Faiz Muhayud Din in his office. Besides the Director SEMU Najmus Saqib Rehmani with his team of Deputy Directors Ms. Rizwana Anjum, Nosheen Fazal and Shahid Habib, many other PIDA officers were present.
While briefing, Ms. Nosheen Fazal told that Water pollution takes place due to the discharge of contaminated effluents from different sources in water bodies i.e Rivers, canals, lakes, oceans & underground water.
She further explained that pollution from a single source like an oil spill is called point-source pollution while from many sources is called nonpoint-source which is difficult to control or remediate.
In the light of SEMU study on the pollution of River Ravi, she told that the pollution mostly affects the immediate area surrounding the source but sometimes it may affect the environment, even hundreds of miles away from the source. She indicated the water from domestic, industrial and agricultural uses as sources of water pollution in rivers, canals and drains as well as ground water which results to the fatal diseases in human being and livestock.
The team told that SEMU has adopted many remedial measures to avoid water pollution while the irrigation engineers are regularly trained to take necessary steps to make the irrigation projects environment friendly.
The General Manager(TM) advised the SEMU team that besides engineers, general public should also be guided about the conservation of water as well as the avoiding of its pollution which ultimately spoil the water resources. He suggested to developing the awareness raising material in this regard which may be disseminated at mass level to bring change in the common behavior of the society. He also advised the Director to guide the participants of SEMU training programs about the environmental protection laws of the country.
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