Water Scarcity and Social Well Being of People of Makran
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2017
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UMT.Lahore
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Makran is the hub of drought and has been impacted during many years. The people of Makran are involved in lively stock farming for earning their livelihood. But unfortunately, there found no sufficient water resources for the domestic needs of a growing population in Makran. Water scarcity is nearly connected to food, health and other security and more importantly it is the most basic needs of people. However, Water is a key stone in eradicating poverty and bringing economic growth. It is very necessary to know how water scarcity has an impact on the social well-being of people of Makran. The main purpose of this paper is to understand the perceptions of people as well as understandings about drought from the household of Gwadar region. Furthermore, this paper hasexplored the due impacts of water scarcity on social well-being of people of Makran. This research paper is conducted using qualitative research design in which in-depth semi-structured interviews wereused for thedata collection. Besides this, the collected data’s are analyzed using thematic approach in which data’s aregrouped andcoded for the purpose to bring out a new phenomenon. Thus, this research will be opening the doors for the future researcher in Pakistan especially Balochistan