Islamabad [ Pakistan ] December 10 (ANI): Pakistan continues to face an alarming water crisis, with over 80 per cent of its population still deprived of access to clean drinking water, despite minor improvements in the last decade, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned in its latest Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) report, as reported by Dawn.

According to Dawn, the ADB, in what is considered Asia's most comprehensive study on water security, observed that Pakistan 's water resources are under extreme stress due to unchecked population growth, climate change, and poor governance. The report cited widespread waterborne diseases caused by unsafe water and the overuse of groundwater in agriculture, which has triggered depletion and arsenic contamination. Erratic monsoon

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