Another mosque adopts rainwater harvesting for ablution

The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza on Wednesday visited Bilal Masjid and Muslim Park to inaugurate the rainwater harvesting project.

Speaking on the occasion, he said Rawalpindi is the second city in Punjab where the authority has started recycling of used water in another mosque after Sirajia Masjid in Asghar Mall Scheme with the help of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan.

Murtaza stated that mosques need a lot of water to meet everyday requirements, adding that the project is being expanded and will be a bigger model upon completion. He further shared that the rainwater collected would be used for washing and cleaning of the mosque, ablution and bathing where ablution water would be preserved and collected for plants and grass in the park established in front of the mosque.

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The chairman said that more than 400 worshipers perform ablution in the mosque on daily basis while 1,000 to 1,500 worshipers come here for Friday prayers. “One man uses five to seven litres of water during ablution which can now be made usable instead of wasting it after treatment,” he added.

The imam of the mosque thanked the chairman and said that water is a great blessing of the Almighty Allah and RDA's initiative is a significant step towards human service.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21^st, 2021.