Clean water

Unchecked extraction, skyrocketing prices fuel hidden market; threaten water sustainability

$44.6m USAID project rehabilitates 140 clean drinking water facilities to serve 448,000 people

Stresses provision of clean drinking water

Official says PCRWR developed modern and portable water purification plants

Number of people with waterborne diseases rising

Provision of clean drinking water to protect people from waterborne diseases

UNOPS to use $4.4 million to address lack of clean water, procure water-quality testing equipment

Teams will focus on inaccessible streets, plots, drains

Popular tourist hotspot has been hit hard recently following floods in Hassanabad and Ultar Nullahs

Aab-e-Pak Authority remains non-functional

PCWR report reveals water supply in 460 of province’s 960 UCs is polluted by harmful chemicals and bacteria

Plant will provide 4,000 litres of safe drinking water daily

It aims to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by water-borne diseases

Minister says govt aims to target sectors in accordance with its priorities

One-window facility to facilitate cargo shipments also planned

Presence of persistent organic pollutants in the water can cause death

Citizens demanded parliamentarians to address problem

Top judge summons CM Khattak, directs health officials to implement SC judgement on hospitals

Report presented to court reveals 540 million gallons of polluted water being dumped into Ravi river daily

Results of samples of 73 colleges indicate students drinking unclean water

Only 31% samples put through test found safe

Says social welfare programme will be expanded across Punjab in phases.

Contamination has resulted in outbreak of different waterborne diseases among children.

Groundbreaking research could help reduce the huge cost of desalination

Says the project has been delayed due to inefficiency of some officials