Pakistan drought to hit banana and mango production
Crops like banana, mango and early sowing of kharif crops especially cotton are feared to be hit by the water shortage. Mango trees would be at a flowering stage in February, while banana orchards are to face the brunt of water shortage, if its persists.
Sukkur barrage officials point out until January 3, the storage levels of Mangla and Tarbela dams remained at 1,100ft and 1,412ft respectively, which, according to them, indicates that if 1-1.5ft of water is released on a daily basis, the situation would still be normal until the end of this month.
source: pakobserver.net
