Contingency plan for Muharram devised
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The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) is devising a special plan for providing water and drainage facilities during Muharram.
WASA Managing Director (MD) Mushtaq Khan on Wednesday issued orders to the sewerage divisions officials for resolving drainage problems at the Muharram procession routes, provide manhole covers and resolve related issues before the commencement of the holy month.
He passed on these directions during a meeting with license holders of Muharram processions at his office. The deputy directors of sewerage, water supply and disposal station divisions were directed to keep in touch with license holders of processions to resolve their complaints on a priority basis.
Mushtaq also ordered the sewerage division to submit a report after cleanliness of sewerage lines in their areas before Muharram.
The license holders identified the issues related of WASA in their areas on which the managing director assured them that their problems will be resolved at the earliest. On this occasion, Director Works Shahzad Munir, Deputy Directors Zahid Iqbal, Abdul Salam and others were also present.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 13th, 2020.