Tag: Water
India refuses to provide dam water data to Pakistan
India has refused to provide Pakistan data about the water level in its dams and expected rains ahead of the crucial monsoon season. According...
Power outages aggravate water crisis
Shortage of water in Islamabad has increased manifold amid increase in duration of electricity load shedding.
The sectors of I-8, I-10, G-10 and G-11 are...
Illegal hydrants in cantonments causing loss of millions to KSWB
Although, various parts of the metropolis are facing shortage of drinking water, the cantonment boards of the city, being operated by the military administration,...
KWSB issues disconnection notices to govt departments
What seems to be a stern action against the water defaulters particularly the government departments, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has issued...
CDA to hire private water tankers to meet shortage
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to hire private water tanker service to cater the complaints of residents of federal capital at nominal...
Ministry given 10 days to generate 13,500MW
A high-level meeting on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Water and Power to increase power generation to 13,500MW during the next 10 days for...
Polluted water, insanitation cause Rota virus infection
The Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics and health education committee Professor Dr. Salma Shaikh informed that the Rota virus diarrhea was...
DC directs CDA, IESCO to solve traders’ problems
Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed held an important meeting with the representatives of traders’ community and officials of the CDA and IESCO to...
Campaign for water conservation launched
The spokesman of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on Monday launched a publicity campaign regarding conservation of water in the metropolis. He...
RCB urges residents to use water judiciously
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has urged the residents to use water judiciously in their daily routine to avoid shortage in the coming days with...
Mukhtar asks DISCOS to check unscheduled outages
Federal Water and Power Minister Ch Ahmad Mukhtar has directed the power distribution companies to strictly follow the load management quota in order to...
Water shortage in I-10/2 Irks residents
Residents of Sector I-10/2 are facing acute shortage of water from last fours days and have no other option but to hire private water...
Hesco restores power supply to Wasa installations
After intervention of the high ups of Sindh Government, the management of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has restored the power connections of Water and...
USAID to train Pakistani experts on water conservation
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will train Pakistani officials to development more water efficient policies and design high efficiency irrigation system...
Hazards of pollution
Our earth is a paradise if we live on it in a sensible way; otherwise, it is just another hell. Unfortunately, at present, man...
Power Ministry gets an F for effort
Ministry of Water and Power (MWP) has received a strong rebuke from the Ministry of Finance which has advised it to make its own...
Lab conducts low cost water purification test
The Water Testing and Surveillance Laboratory of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro performed a low cost efficient water purification test...
