By Saba Akhtar
The monsoon season in Pakistan begins at end of June and endures till September. During this period, weighty rainfalls lead to floods. There are less to no water stockpiling limits in previously existing blasts and dams and consequently a significant part of the nation faces floods.
Monsoon is caused by the movement of air from a high-pressure zone area to a low-pressure zone area by the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun. Shift or change during a predominant breeze, bringing about a locale’s stormy season or dry season.
Pakistan has long ranked among the most climate-vulnerable countries, according to the Global Climate Risk Index. It is estimated to have lost nearly 10,000 lives to climate-related disasters and suffered losses amounting to $4 billion from extreme weather events between 1998 and 2018.
In August 2020, heavy rains killed 44 people in Karachi and urban flooding disrupted the lives of the city’s 15 million people.
Water is life and monsoon rains bring water; thus, monsoon season has a huge impact on the health of the ecosystem and bio system of Pakistan as well as the overall fauna and flora of the country.
Pakistan is basically a horticultural nation and storm downpours bring water for the downpour took care of ranches and are critical for the farming of Pakistan and consequently food security and the economy of the country. Great harvest creation prompts brought down and reasonable costs of stable yields and products of the soil and advances sends out for the country while crop disappointment because of lacking water supply or dry spell conditions prompts higher food costs and expansion in imports.
Climatic circumstances in Pakistan are generally portrayed as bone-dry and semi-dry. The dry weather conditions have become more pervasive in many pieces of the country, prompting dry seasons and desertification. The nation gets a lot of its water from precipitation during the monsoon season. That shows how significant the monsoon season is for Pakistan.
The changing example of precipitation demonstrates environmental change. The horticulture area is subject to Monsoon precipitation. Weighty precipitation and dry atmospheric conditions because of environmental change are showing antagonistic effects on the economy of Pakistan. The less harvest yield because of weighty floods could lean toward dry seasons in the locale.
Most experts put Pakistan’s rising rainstorm demolition on a blend of elements. Environmental change is causing heavier downpours, government authorities have shown inadequacy and powerlessness to organize, and irregular metropolitan arrangement has resulted in significant urban areas especially defenseless against harm.
Remembering that environmental change is showing its adverse results on the climate of Pakistan basic to get ready and carry out techniques would help against environmental change. Monsoon season is significant for agribusiness in Pakistan anyway outrageous climate occasions are causing aggravations. Each spending day and month we are losing time to act thoroughly on preventive and versatile measures. Any other way, Pakistan would before long feel the brunt of environmental change.
