“CLOSE YOUR EYES, IF YOU PREFER NOT TO LOOK”
The desiccation of the Indus Delta is one of the world’s most underreported ecological disasters. A vast complex of massive dams, barrages, and irrigation canals has drastically reduced the flow of the Indus, causing seawater intrusion into the delta, contaminating drinking water and killing off vegetation and fish stocks.
The shrinking of the delta – by as much as 90% – has seriously harmed the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people.
