ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo moto notice of drying out of the pond of the Katasraj Temple Complex and ordered authorities concerned to submit a report in three days.
According to reports, the pre-historic fabled pond is said to be drying out because of a huge amount of water consumption in the nearby cement factories. Reportedly, the factories are sucking water through more than hundred drill bores, which have severely reduced the subsoil water level.
The problem is augmented by unreasonable plantation of eucalyptus trees in the region. Taking notice of the issue, the chief justice has called detailed report from the Archaeology Department director-general, Evacuee Trust Property Board secretary and deputy commissioner of Chakwal within three days.