CDA’s response sought on sanitary workers issue

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought comments from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on a petition seeking joining of newly recruited sanitary workers.

IHC's Justice Saman Raffat Imtiaz heard the case filed by petitioner Shakila Perveen. Petitioner's counsel Chaudhry Yasir Arafat Advocate adopted the stance that the Human Resource (HR) department of CDA was not taking joining of newly appointed sanitary workers and CDA hospital was also not conducting their medical tests due to the influence of CDA Union.

He further said that the CDA had issued advertisements in national newspapers on November 6, 2021 for appointment of sanitary workers on regular basis. The CDA issued job offer letters to 966 candidates on July 1, 2022 after completing the due process, including tests and interviews.

However, the HR department was not entertaining the joining of these candidates. The lawyer prayed the court to issue directives to the civic body to allow the newly recruited sanitary staff to start working. The court served notices to chairman CDA and sought comments regarding the matter.

10MGD water recharged

CDA on Monday said the injection wells installed at various locations in the city had recharged up to 10 million gallons water per day (MGD) amid recent rains.

According to a CDA spokesman, the federal apex agency in collaboration with Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had established around 40 recharge wells in sectors I, H, F and G series to maintain ground water level.

The teams of CDA water supply department were monitoring the wells after every rain to accumulate and inject it underground after complete recycling and filtration.

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