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Salt levels in river water have gone up, says expert

Nuclear chemist and a professor of chemistry at the University of Sindh, Dr Mohammad Yar Khuhawar, has said that non-release of water downstream of Kotri Barrage has caused an increase in salt levels in river water and led to large-scale death of small fish. Mr Khuhawar told journalists here on Monday that salt level had increased in water pooled in a small quantity at different places on the r