MARIO Puzo, the author of the book Godfather tells of a Russian crew at a filming location. One of the crew members picked up a water tap lying on the ground, tied it to the fence post with a piece of twine and opened the tap to get water.

Puzo says to the Russian the water tap itself was the source of water, he had no clue as to the backup equipment water tank, pump, pipeline, etc.

The same kind of logic is being exhibited by the powers-that-be in Sindh. They are busy repairing or replacing pipelines, going after illegal hydrants, tackling the tanker mafia, etc., completely oblivious of the fact that the source of water itself, the reservoirs of Mangla and Tarbela, are drying up as there is more and more silt where there was water.

They probably are not aware that during the lean period when there is little or no water in the rivers for nine months it is the water stored in the dams which feeds Kotri barrage, Keenjhar lake and Karachi.

E ngr Khurshid Anwer Lahore