Islamabad: Building more water reservoirs and restoring wetlands are vital for mitigating recurring, intensifying drought risks in the country.

This was stated by Spokesperson Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Muhammad Saleem Shaikh in a press release on Sunday.

He said due to low rains, water stress has exacerbated in cultivated lands in Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan, particularly in rain-fed regions.

Muhammad Saleem Shaikh said construction of water reservoirs and restoring wetlands for storing excessive flood and rainwater as a part of larger drought mitigation strategy are inevitable.