QUETTA: Balochistan’s provincial capital, Quetta, runs out of potable water every day with demand exceeding the supply of 50 million gallons. Residents in Quetta are now paying an additional Rs500 for each tanker of drinking water, much like the rest of the country.
A rising population has exacerbated the supply problem. Tanker mafias have flourished because of the city’s need, leaving it at their mercy.
The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), which supplies water, claims it can not keep up with the rising demand. Independent sources contest the allegation that there are only 428 active tube wells.
Most of WASA’s tube wells, according to the company, are dry, and the company only has enough water to provide 30 percent of the city’s over one million residents. The use of water tankers has emerged as a means of bridging this divide.
However, the issue has reached the point where they are being suspected of exploitative behaviour.
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