7 UCs to have new water pipeline, tubewell

RAWALPINDI—City District Nazim and Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Raja Javed Ikhlas has said that the new water pipelines will be laid in Potohar Town with total cost of Rs. 72 million.
The work in this respect will be started soon and will be completed within nine months, he said this during visit to different union councils of Town.
Project Director Brig. (Retd) Shah Rukh Lodhi, Deputy Director Water Supply Akram Hashmi, Project Consultant Deputy Director Water and Sanitation Agency Chaudhry Muhammad Safdar were present on the occasion.
The scheme in accordance with Rawalpindi environmental Project, he said, will be completed with collaboration of Punjab Government and Asian Development Bank. The water pipelines in Union Council Gangal, Rehmatabad, Chaklala, Dhok Manshi Khan, Kahota Kala, Shakrial North and South will be laid, besides installation of new tubewell there. The Project will end water shortage in aforementioned areas, the nazim noted.—Agencies