KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest natural freshwater lake, Manchar Lake, which is located at west of the Indus River in Jamshoro and Dadu Districts of the Sindh province and is some 18 kilomteres away from Sehwan Sharif, is facing acute water shortage, which left the fishermen community of the area into state of limbo.
The shortage of water also leaves behind loads of dead fish, snatching away the only source of income for the local fishermen.
Locals said that native villagers who live around the lake, now migrating from the area as sufficient water is not available in the lake posing serious challenges to fishermen who depend on the freshwater fish in the lake.
It is pertinent to note that Manchar Lake collects water from numerous small streams in the Kirthar Mountains, and then empties into the Indus River and lake’s surface area fluctuates with the seasons – from as little as 36 sq kilometers, to as much as 500 sq Kilometers during monsoon rains.
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