CANON YAQUB MASIH (MBE) CLEAN WATER PROJECT
REPORT OF BRIGHT FUTURE SOCIETY
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Water Filter Plant LAHORE PRESS CLUB SOCIETY
Water Filter Plant THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST BAHAR COLONY,
Water Filter Plant BADSHAHI MOSQUE LAHORE.
Safe the nations
MOMs need safe water to be MOMs
EVERYONE DESERVES CLEAN WATER EVEN ANIMALS TOO
Bright Future Society is a non-profit and non-Commercial organization having registration
number: RP-1282, Under Society Act 1860 established in 1996, The National Income TaxNumber of the society is 1809025-7 (issued under section, 20 of the finance act 1999)
Bright Future Society working in national and international disasters especially clean water.
Already bright future society provide millions of people clean water in shape of Ab-e-Nikra
product of clean water ,as clean water bottles and Qarshi mineral water (sparingly) specially in
the up surrounding areas in Punjab , interior Sindh and Tharparkar Sindh.
Bright Future Society requested to Canon Yaqub Masih in UK that water condition is very poor
in Pakistan so you help us for Pakistani people in the shape of water filtration plant.
So Canon Yaqub Masih promised us to provide ten lac Rupees (Rs. 1,000,000/-) for the filtration
plants and the promise was fulfilled and delivered the said amount to Ch. Sarwar Governor
Punjab and deployed filtration plant in Gojra Bishop house the inaugurated by Bishop Tony
Robinson UK, Ch. Sarwar Governor of Punjab Mr. Canon Yaqub Masih and Samuel Payra the
President of Bright Future Society .
After Gojra Mr. Samuel Payra requested to Ch. Sarwar Governor of Punjab to deploy new
filtration plant in yohanabad because the water of that area was un-cleaned and unsafe then Ch.
Sarwar commited and deployed water filtration plant in Youhanabad.
Samuel Payara met with Arch bishop Sebastian Shaw. He wanted to deploy new water filtration
plant in St. Johns boys School so that not only students get clean water but also other people. For
this Arch Bishop gave permission . Samuel Payra and team visited St. John high School and
collected the water sample and send to the laboratory for testing water samples. Unfortunately,
we were shocked to know that the water was contaminated and unsafe for human life then we
meet Governor about the report and then decided not to establish filtration plant but RO filter
plant . Then we established RO plant very costly there in St. John School Youhanabad. RO plant
sponsored by CO. Coco Cola . Its inauguration was by Samuel Payara, Governor Punjab and CO.
Coca Cola.
Bright future society has done many works on medical camps in which we tested blood of people
at many places so then we have come to know that people are suffering from hepatitis A, B and
C. The results were mainly positive. And there are also many diarrheal diseases specially in
children . So, in this case we requested Mr. Canon Yaqub Masih the government is working on
clean water but we also need to work with the government at many areas so for this reason canon
Yaqub Masih donated four water filtration plants .
The filtration plant which we are establishing at different places is given below;
o. First filtration plant in Lahore Press Club Society.
o. Second at the Church of Pentecost Bahar Colony Lahore, Pakistan.
o. Third at Badshahi Mosque.
o. Fourth is under consideration yet
Inauguration Water Filter Plant at Lahore Press Club Housing Society
Inauguration Water Filter Plant at Church of Pentecost Bahar
Colony Lahore
Inauguration Water Filter Plant at Badshahi Masjid Lahore
Future plans;
We had met with arch bishop Sebastian Shaw and held press conference with him and test 40
people as the result of these people 32 out of 40 were suffering from hepatitis C that’s why we
need clean water for the people of that area. And we are just going about to work on a project to
provide clean water throughout Pakistan.
WATER IS LIFE AND CLEAN WATER MEANS HEALTH,,,,,
ASK IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO A THIRSTY
ASK IMPORATNCE OF WATER TO A THIRSTY
PAKISTAN’S WATER PROBLEMS: DO WE CARE ENOUGH TO ACT?
Water pollution, discharge of effluents and unsafe drinking water are factors
among others that pose a threat to human wellbeing and Pakistan’s ecosystem.
While some do not have water to drink, others waste it in vast quantities. Witness
the women carrying water on their heads for miles in the scorching heat on one
hand, and crops under flood irrigation and the cars of the rich being hosed down
in the cities, on the other.
Pakistan, A Water-Scarce Country
An arid country, Pakistan depends heavily on annual glacier melts and monsoon rains.
Water from these sources flows down the rivers and out to the sea. En route, there are
seepages into the ground, where water-bearing rocks or aquifers absorb and store this
water. Most parts of the country receive scant rainfall and have little or no access to
surface water. Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP) states that in Pakistan the total
available surface water is about 153 million acre feet (MAF) and the total ground water
reserves are approximately 24 MAF, of which a substantial part has been mined without
allowing for natural recharge. Currently estimated at 160 million, the population of
Pakistan is set to double in 2.5 decades. This means that the per capita availability of
water will decrease. There is likely to be a net decrease, rather than an increase in the
country’s water resources, due to a number of factors including population growth,
climate change, and exploitation of water.
By international standards, Pakistan was already a water-scarce country in 1992 at
1700m3 available per capita, according to UNFPA/Ministry of Population Welfare. By
2003, Pakistan’s per capita availability of water declined to the extent that it was
categorized as a water-stress country by the World Bank, surpassing Ethiopia and on
par with African countries such as Libya and Algeria. Pakistan is now a water-scarce
country at 1200 m3 per capita per year.
According to water specialist Simi Kamal, based on current projections, water
availability (per capita) will be 855m3 by the year 2020. We have already used up
everything that exists in our water cycle and we do not have additional sources of water
to mobilize. When we say we are putting up another dam or reservoir, it doesn’t
necessarily mean there will be additional water coming in; we are just re-appropriating
what’s already in the system.
Hydro Problems
Our water resource base continues to be degraded because of pollution, atrophy,
veruse of surface water and over-exploitation of groundwater. Large tracts of land have
been rendered uncultivable due to water logging and salinity, direct results of
mismanaged irrigation. Unsafe drinking water is responsible for numerous diseases
including dysentery, diarrhea, typhoid, cholera, malaria and gastroenteritis. UNICEF
estimates that 200,000 children in Pakistan die annually due to diarrheal diseases
alone.
The Indus delta has been reduced to one partially active creek and there is no water
flowing downstream of the Kotri Barrage for almost the entire year. Our mangrove
forests, previously some of the largest in the world, have been reduced from 0.6 million
acres to 0.25 million acres, said Simi Kamal and Jai-rath at the Asia Pacific Regional
Consultation in Dhaka. The mix of sweet and sea water maintains a very critical balance
in the coastlines. If that balance is destroyed, then the entire water system is affected
and will, over time, be felt right up to the watersheds. Pakistan is dependent on a single
river system and we cannot afford to take any more chances with the
water/sediment/salt balance of the Indus Basin.
The Irrigation System of Pakistan
Pakistan has the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world. However, owing to
the poor state of infrastructure, about two-thirds is lost due to poor transmission and
seepage. This means that about 68 MAF is potentially usable water if the canal system
is adequately repaired and maintained. Of the total sweet water availability of
approximately 144 MAF, 97 percent is already used in agriculture. We have a situation
where instead of improving farming methods to conserve water and increase
productivity, agricultural landowners demand more water, only to maintain some of the
lowest productivity rates in the world per unit of water and per unit of land.
All debates on water conservation, however, are cuffed by the constant refrain on dams
and water sharing among provinces. Safeguards are needed.
The Solution?
The seeds of conflict on water in Pakistan, therefore, are sowed by nothing more than
hydrology and this need to be recognized. We cannot solve a very complex
geographical, hydrological, economic and environmental problem through politicking.
The discussion on water distribution, therefore, should be in relation to uses and users,
not among political or administrative units. This means, a discussion in terms of head,
middle and tail farmlands in irrigated areas; and in terms of water for survival,
subsistence and pastoral livelihoods in non-irrigated areas. Rain fed and arid areas
should also be a part of the debate on water equity and water use. In addition, uses of
water other than agriculture – for domestic use, for industry, for urban areas, and for the
environment – should all be incorporated for a robust water policy for Pakistan.
There is a need to recognize that just because certain water-related practices have
gone on for centuries does not mean that they are allowed to continue in the face of a
world in turmoil. We need to change the way we think about water, the way we use
water and the way we dispose off waste water.
A Collective Approach is Needed Individuals and corporate citizens must engage with
decision-makers across the board regarding rational and responsible use of water.
Industries, agricultural industries and corporations must move to pollution control, microirrigation, recycling and reuse of water on bigger scales. Once these can be
demonstrated, only then can the gigantic problems of wastage through the irrigation
system and through leakages in municipal water supply be taken up.
Our first hurdle is the unfortunate habit of laying everything at the door of
“the government”. But what is this government? At the level of the home,
you and I are the government; and at the level of a company or private
enterprise, the heads are the government. The political process itself
should hence be the will of the citizens. In the end, it is the amalgamation
of policies, regulations, guidelines and actions that will help us solve water
problems, which are likely to get more complicated due to climate change
and environmental instability.
Thanks to Mr. Canon Yaqoob Masih Chairman
CC Uk for providing clean water to Pakistani
people.