WASA increases revenue target

Agency eyes Rs750m collection in the next fiscal year

MULTAN:

The Managing Director of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) of Multan, Qaisar Raza, on Monday increased the revenue target for the next fiscal year 2022-23 to Rs750 million from Rs600 million in a bid to meet all expenses from the agency’s own resources.

Presiding over a pre-budget meeting, Raza underlined importance of self-reliance and added that WASA must adopt a better strategy and planning to divert resources from unnecessary expenditures to improving service delivery.

Deputy Managing Director Nighat Jabeen and other officials attended the meeting which discussed in detail the non-development budget of all wings of WASA, revenue and expenditure.

It was decided that billing revenue target for the next fiscal year 2022-23 would be Rs750 million, Rs150 million above the ongoing fiscal year 2021-22.

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The WASA MD also issued instructions to officials to complete the process of giving WASA-owned land to contractors under some contract agreement or on lease through a transparent process of auction to increase revenue.

Deputy Managing Director (Finance, Admin and Recovery) Nighat Jabeen, director Admin Musa Khan, director engineering Abdus Salam, director finance Muhammad Saeed Dogar, director Recovery Mansoor Ahmad and other official attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed in detail the non-development budget of all wings of WASA, revenue and expenditure.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 19^th, 2022.