US EditionDeath of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks
INDUS RIVER DELTA REGION, PAKISTAN, AUG 5 – Reduced water flow has caused an 80% decline since the 1950s, leading to seawater intrusion and displacement of over 1.2 million people, threatening farming and fishing livelihoods.
- On June 25, 2025, Habibullah Khatti said goodbye at his mother's grave before leaving Abdullah Mirbahar village in Pakistan's Indus delta due to rising seawater.
- The delta faces decline caused by reduced downstream water flow from dams, irrigation, climate change, and India revoking the 1960 water treaty and threatening upstream dam construction.
- Kharo Chan's population dropped from 26,000 in 1981 to 11,000 in 2023 as seawater intrusion collapsed farming and fishing, leaving only four of 150 households remaining.
- Studies report an 80% decrease in river flow since the 1950s, a 70% rise in salinity since 1990, and over 1.2 million displaced people in two decades amid cultural and economic losses.
- The 2021 Living Indus Initiative by Pakistan and the UN aims to restore the delta by reducing soil salinity and protecting agriculture and ecosystems amid ongoing environmental threats.
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Dying Delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks
Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother's grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Pakistan's Indus delta. Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities "The saline water has surrounded us from all four sides," Khatti told AFP from Abdullah Mirbahar village…
Pakistan's Indus delta sinks and shrinks
KHARO CHAN: Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother's grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Indus delta.Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered...
Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks - Daily news Update
KHARO CHAN: Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother’s grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Indus delta. Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities. “The saline water has surrounded us from all four sides,” Khatti told AFP from Abdullah Mirbahar villa…
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