{"id":51091,"date":"2019-04-05T15:56:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=51091"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:56:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T10:56:54","slug":"wasa-initiates-austerity-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-initiates-austerity-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA initiates austerity campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has launched an austerity drive, according to a news source. As per reports, it is taking this measure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-increase-tariff-to-meet-expenditures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">save money on office expenditure<\/a>. The officials concerned specifically directed all WASA officers to reduce the usage of air conditioners.<\/p>\n<p>WASA Managing Director Mohammad Tanveer issued a circular in this regard which stated that all WASA officers must switch off their air conditioners when they\u2019re not in the office. WASA Spokesperson Umer Farooq stated that other measures are also underway to reduce electricity bills. This will alleviate the civic body\u2019s financial crisis and reduce wastage of money and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Farooq stated that the money saved would be used on welfare schemes and to pay outstanding bills. He added that there were more than 440 tubewells in the city and WASA has to clear dues of over six months. These austerity measures are being lauded as a good effort to curb excessive government spending and serve the public more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has launched an austerity drive, according to a news source. As per reports, it is taking this measure to save money on office expenditure. The officials concerned specifically directed all WASA officers to reduce the usage of air conditioners. WASA Managing Director Mohammad Tanveer issued a circular in this regard which stated that all WASA officers must switch off their air conditioners when they\u2019re not in the office. WASA Spokesperson Umer Farooq stated that other measures are also underway to reduce electricity bills. This will alleviate the civic body\u2019s financial crisis and reduce wastage of money and energy. Farooq stated that the money saved would be used on welfare schemes and to pay outstanding bills. He added that there were more than 440 tubewells in the city and WASA has to clear dues of over six months. These austerity measures are being lauded as a good effort to curb excessive government spending and serve the public more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":51094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11206,251],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-austerity-efforts","8":"tag-wasa"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WASA initiates austerity campaign - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has launched an austerity drive, according to a news source. 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