SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): The Agriculture Department of northern Sar-i-Pul province on Wednesday announced it had formed a committee to prevent the digging of agricultural water wells blamed for plummeting underground water level.
Qari Abdul Qadir Wahdat director of agricultural, irrigation and livestock, told Pajhwok Afghan News that after complaints of people and government departments about the lowering of underground water, it was decided that a committee should be established to control agricultural wells and install meters on such wells.
He added the committee held its maiden meeting yesterday and decided to ban the drilling of agricultural wells . . .
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Ghulam Sakhi Frotan
