The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has introduced a draft legislative bill in the provincial assembly for establishment of water resources commission and water resources regulatory authority to manage, regulate water resources in the interest of the conservation and sustainability.

The proposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Water Resource Commission will be comprised of 19 members with Chief Minister of the province as chairman.

The members would be included Ministers for Environment, Public Health Engineering, Agriculture, Industries, Irrigation. Local government, Chief Secretary, Secretaries irrigation, local government, environment, agriculture, health, finance, Public Health Engineering, two water experts, one each experts on environment, Public health, president, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Director General of the Commission.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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