PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Dozens of tribal elders in northern Baghlan province at a gathering asked the acting Minister of Energy and Water to establish small check dams in the province to store water for irrigation amid drought.
Mohammad Juma, a tribal elder from Dand-i- Ghori district, told the gathering severe drought gripped the province this year and their crops parched.
He said in order to solve this problem the government should build small dams for storing water.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Shah, chief of development council of Baghlan-i-Markazi district, said their district was the most productive area, but . . .
