In Pakistan, contaminated water kills thousands of children every year and is slowly poisoning millions of people.
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00:22estimate that at least 30% of the beds are occupied at any hospital at any given time
00:31by waterborne disease due to contaminated water.
00:48It has a huge social and economical burden, there is no doubt about it.
00:53And unfortunately, the successive governments in Pakistan, whether it was a military government
00:58or a democratic government, must say water has never been a priority for these governments.
01:16If the situation remains the same, our water sources overall remain the same, and the population
01:24keeps on increasing, urbanization and other activities keep on increasing, definitely
01:30a time will come when there will be a crisis.