Taunsa farmers hit hard by closure of Chashma Canal
— Dawn LAHORE/DERA GHAZI KHAN: The closure of Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC), especially in its stretch falling in Punjab, has been affecting farmers badly due to inadequate repair/maintenance and water theft as there seems to be none in the provincial and federal governments to listen to the affected. The situation worsened after a portion of the CRBC — an inter-provincial canal irrigating huge chunks of land in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab – was breached, forcing the Water and Power Development Authority to stop releasing water into the canal from the Chashma Barrage over Indus. “You