HYDERABAD – A Climate change presents significant difficulties to Pakistan, aggravating environmental issues and influencing different areas, including farming, water resources and general wellbeing.
Sanam Kaboro Director SAAR association has said that one of the basic factors contributing to these changes are a few coal mining which could prompted critical land degradation, including soil disintegration and loss of arable land.
The ignition of coal releases a significant amount of contaminations, including carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter, prompting air quality deterioration and adding to an unnatural weather change. The country is already confronting the hottest days in 60 years with a few lives lost because of the intensity wave.
She said that coal mining additionally requires a lot of water for tasks, prompting the over-extraction of groundwater.
This has come about in a significant drop in the water table, affecting the accessibility of consumable water for nearby communities.
