Tag: rawal lake

Rainfall fills Rawal Lake to capacity

ISLAMABAD: The weather system over central and upper parts of the country has almost cleared and is moving eastward, with negligible chances of further...

Sewage Treatment Plants’ PC-I likely to be approved this week: MCI

-Court is fully determined to make stalled STPs operational  --Five units would purify 9 million gallons contaminated water per day ISLAMABAD: The plan of installing five...

CDA issues notice to PM’s house, 400 other buildings

Through a notification, civic agency orders all illegal constructions should be regularised within two weeks ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued legal notices to...

Rawal Lake at risk? Senators show concerns over solid waste, pollution

Senate body to invite CDA, MCI officials; to call meeting on EPA, universal conventions, treaties ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change on Monday expressed...

IHC directs CDA to submit report regarding Rawal Lake contamination sources

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) was directed by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to submit a report pertaining to the sources of contamination in...

Boats replaced by bikes as Rawal Lake runs dry

The reduction in the amount of rain due to climate change has adversely affected the once brimming-to-the-top Rawal Dam, which now resembles a deserted...

CJP asks for recommendations on resolving Rawal Lake pollution

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the authorities concerned to submit by next Tuesday recommendations on resolving the issues of Rawal Lake, while issuing...

Untreated Rawal lake water declared unfit for drinking

ISLAMABAD: Untreated water samples of Rawal Lake, collected by Capital Development Authority (CDA) and analysed at Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad’s (MCI) Central Engineering Laboratory (MQC)...

Untreated Rawal lake water found unfit for human consumption

ISLAMABAD: The untreated water samples collected from Rawal lake by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and analysed at National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) were...