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According to documents seen by The Express Tribune, the water filtration plants, pumping machines, water supply system of the city was up to 50 years old and needed repairs and upgrading.
The upgrading of all 150 water filtration plants of Rawalpindi city on international standard, cleanliness, renovation, decoration and beautification and rainwater storage project has been finalised with the cooperation of Turkey, documents say.
The project will cost Rs80 million in the first-phase and completed in a record time period of a year. Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will complete the project free of cost as a gift and will bear all the expenses.
Wasa has provided complete details about this project to TIKA.
Besides refurbishing the decades-old Rawal Dam Filtration, TIKA will also modernise and decorate 150 water filtration plants buildings according to world standards.
According to a special survey conducted in Rawalpindi, out of 8,760 hours of a year, rainfall occurs for 100 and this rainwater is completely wasted.
Turkish company will build water storage tank which will help store the rainwater.
It has identified Metro Bus track from Liaquat Bagh to Mareer Chowk.
For this purpose, it will lay a 30-inch diameter pipeline which will channel rainwater to storage tanks.
Otherwise this water mixes with sewage and goes waste. Water tanks will be built on both the underground and on the ground.
This stored water will be used for irrigation and washing purposes.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2019.
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