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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PAK-EPA) to monitor the bottled water companies in Punjab.
According to a notification issued on Saturday, the court gave the task to Pak-EPA Director General Farzana Altaf Shah along with Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui, Dr Mohsina Zubair (Deputy Director (Lab/NEQS) and Assistant Director (Pollution Control) Ali Hasan Syed.
The team were assigned the task of comprehensive inspection of bottled water companies located in Punjab.
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According to details, the monitoring had been initiated in order to gather the details of the amount of water being extracted from underground aquifers, procedures and methods of water extraction, purification, quality assurance, environmental compliances and other practices being followed by such companies.
Talking to APP, Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui, environmental scientist and team member said the team was working with full dedication on day and night in true letter and spirit, however, inspection in some of the districts was completed.
"We only aim at getting pure water accessible to every citizen at his doorstep," he added rendering the team's resolve to make the inspection propitious. APP
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