DERA GHAZI KHAN: Landsliding due to continuous downpour in Sulaiman Range has created a lake of sweet water in Tuman Buzdar tehsil.

Talking to Dawn, local Allah Bukhsh said it was gypsum excavation site Daharzain. The mineral department used to issue licence of excavation of gypsum to people. The large-scale excavation of gypsum has weakened the adjacent mountain which resulted in landsliding and forming lake of sweet water. “The lake is a source of sweet water as there is scarcity of drinking water.”

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2022