Among the four provinces, Balochistan is the worst hit and persistently suffering from acute water shortage. The reports estimated that around 62 percent of Balochistan lacks safe drinking water and over 58 percent of its land is uncultivable due to water scarcity. In the last few years, the provincial government has successfully launched a large number of tube wells but were unable to construct any sizable dams. The illicit boring for water is on the upswing which triggers to drop the water table further. Over 6000 tube wells are persistently providing water to various districts but the spike in population has rekindled chaotic circumstances; a great matter of concern.

According to Quetta Water and Sanitation Authority (QWASA), the demand of water in the city is 50 million gallons of water but they have failed to complete it and are only able to supply around 30 gallons leaving a crisis of 20 million gallons of water daily. In the last few years, around 417 tube wells were installed by the government but more than 100 are not functioning to provide more water aid to the people.

People in Gwadar are facing acute drinking water shortage after a three years drought in the arid province of Balochistan. With the passage of time the water crisis is emerging rapidly with leaving around 100,000 people with no access to clean drinking water. The natives of Gwadar are compelled to buy expensive water (USD 115 to 140) per tanker or wait for the government subsidized water transported from 80 kilometers away. It is not the first time that Gwadar is facing water shortage; rather it is the second time that Gwadar and the surrounding areas of Balochistan province have faced major water shortages in almost six years.

Before it was announced that work on the two dams had been resumed under the scheme of CPEC, and it would be completed within a few years. Still people should wait for more years to have water. The citizens are facing umpteenth problems and they need dire help. Still our leaders are making untrue promises for Gwadar.

Consequently, every district of Balochistan is suffering from shortage of water due to the negligence of common authority to tackle the issues. If conditions remain homogenous, Balochistan will be highly stricken from the water crisis and drought will continue to spawn more problems for the citizens.

It becomes the first and foremost responsibility of the government to take some viable steps to control such disastrous circumstances. The provincial government should initiate constructing more dams, ensuring water supply projects, installment of tube wells, constructing various types of systematic water pipelines in Balochistan and so forth.