Financial Tribune - Namak (Salt) Lake in Qom Province is drying up and if it is not provided with enough water resources, nearly 25% of the country�s population will face the problem of dust storms soon, a lawmaker said.

Ahmad Amirabadi, Qom representative in the Majlis, compared the lake with the crisis-inflicted Lake Urmia located between East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan provinces that too has almost dried in recent years.

The MP said Namak Lake�s condition is more serious as it could emerge as an environmental disaster if the lakebed disappears.