‘1,500 water filtration plants in Punjab to be ready by year end’
July 27, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority (PAPA) was working day and night to complete 1500 water centres across the province by the end of this year.
This was revealed in a project review meeting of PAPA held here on Monday. The meeting was chaired by its Chairman Dr Shakeel Khan while Chief Executive Officer Syed Zahid Aziz accompanied him. Other senior officials of PAPA were also present at the occasion.
Providing clean water in rural areas of Punjab was one of the top priorities of the government, said Dr Shakeel. Chief Executive Officer Syed Zahid Aziz while briefing the meeting said by the end of this year, more than 1,500 water filtration plants will be completed and up to 7.6 million people will benefit from these water centres.
The Punjab government will provide clean drinking water to the public by using multiple solutions and different treatment technologies. APP/File
LAHORE: The Punjab government will provide clean drinking water to the public by using multiple solutions and different treatment technologies instead of installing water treatment plants without need assessment.
Under the new strategy of phase-1 of the project titled ‘Provision of Clean Drinking Water’ by the Punjab Aab-i-Pak Authority (Papa), seven treatment methods will be used to supply water to Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Sargodha and Dera Ghazi Khan. Initially under phase-1, up to 4.7 million people would be provided clean drinking water. Later, the facility would be extended to another 65.3 million people.