The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) is constructing seven water tanks to control scarcity of water in the Cantonment area and enforce rationing of water.
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board Chief Executive Officer Rana Manzoor Ahmed in an interview has said that the cantonment board, with a total cost of Rs 690 million, is building water tanks for rationing of 200,000 gallons of water in the areas of Aliabad, Jhanda Cheechi, Adyala Road, Harley Street, Adrah and Dhok Chaudhrian.
The construction of water tanks in Aliabad, Jhanda Cheechi, Adyala Road and Harley Street has been completed. The water tank in Aliabad has been given water connection and has started its operation.
Tanks in Adrah and Dhok Chaudhrian are under construction and will be completed soon. Rawalpindi Cantonment Board CEO Rana Manzoor said these water tanks would greatly help overcome water crisis. He also said the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board is still meeting the needs of the areas where supply of water is not sufficient.
Supply of water from Khanpur Dam to Rawalpindi Cantonment area is 50 percent less than the requirement, and is being reduced to 7.5 million gallons daily. This quantity of water is insufficient for meeting the demands of the local residents. It is expected that the construction of these tanks will improve the current situation.
Islamabad to be cleared of
encroachments: CDA chairman: Capital Development Authority Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal has issued directives to clear the city markets, government buildings and residential areas of encroachments and illegal constructions within one week.
In this regard, he visited F-6 Markaz and Aabpara Market the other day and directed the enforcement personnel present on the spot to remove encroachments
He said negligence in this regard would not be tolerated and no one would be exempted from this operation, including those who have set up encroachments in government buildings. The government buildings would be used only for the purpose for which they were allotted.
During his tour, the CDA chairman assured the traders of solving their problems on priority basis.
The staff of the CDA environment wing, sanitation wing and enforcement wing was also present.
Poor quality flour selling in Rawalpindi: With the connivance of the food department, sale of substandard smuggled flour is on the rise in Rawalpindi, causing different abdominal diseases among the citizens.
Traders have purchased the flour at low price and are selling it at open market rates while the food department is playing the role of a silent spectator.
The business is on the rise in different parts of the cantonment board and the city, including Saddar Bazaar, Hathi Chowk, Chotta Bazaar, Afandy Colony, Sadiqabad, Pir Wadhi and Dhoke Hassau while the citizens who are purchasing the flour are forced to visit hospital due to different abdominal diseases. “Profiteers are selling poor quality smuggled flour at high rates after paying bribes to food inspectors,” a group of residents said. The citizens appealed to the health department to take stern action against the traders involved in this business.
