{"id":58878,"date":"2019-12-20T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T06:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58878"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:44:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T06:44:41","slug":"govt-sets-up-rainwater-ponds-in-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-sets-up-rainwater-ponds-in-forests.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt sets up rainwater ponds in forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The sustainable forestry department has set up six rainwater ponds in different forested areas of the district, according to a news report. As per the publication, these ponds have been made in order to ensure that water is easily available to the surrounding areas, where it is required for a number of purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-have-ponds-conserve-rainwater.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab to have ponds to conserve rainwater<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These ponds are located in Kahuta, Chakwal, Kalar Syedan, Kallar Kahar, and Basal Khan. The stored water in these ponds is expected to be used by fire bowsers, so that they do not have to travel far in order to refill their water tanks.<\/p>\n<p>The Sustainable Forestry Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ferozuddin and Administrative Officer Muhammad Nauman revealed that this water would also be used by animals and for irrigational purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-pushes-for-compulsory-rainwater-harvesting-wells-in-housing-societies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WASA pushes for compulsory rainwater harvesting wells in housing societies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These ponds will ensure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/recharge-unground-water-table-with-flood-rain-water-pcrwr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rainwater<\/a> is not unduly wasted, and is instead stored for efficient utilisation. The officers also stated that the department is planning to plant fruit-bearing trees across the Rawalpindi district and that the process to germinate these trees has already been initiated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The sustainable forestry department has set up six rainwater ponds in different forested areas of the district, according to a news report. As per the publication, these ponds have been made in order to ensure that water is easily available to the surrounding areas, where it is required for a number of purposes. Read: Punjab to have ponds to conserve rainwater These ponds are located in Kahuta, Chakwal, Kalar Syedan, Kallar Kahar, and Basal Khan. The stored water in these ponds is expected to be used by fire bowsers, so that they do not have to travel far in order to refill their water tanks. The Sustainable Forestry Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ferozuddin and Administrative Officer Muhammad Nauman revealed that this water would also be used by animals and for irrigational purposes. Read: WASA pushes for compulsory rainwater harvesting wells in housing societies These ponds will ensure that rainwater is not unduly wasted, and is instead stored for efficient utilisation. The officers also stated that the department is planning to plant fruit-bearing trees across the Rawalpindi district and that the process to germinate these trees has already been initiated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":47770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14522,14523,6057],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-rainwater-ponds","8":"tag-rawalpindi-district","9":"tag-water-supply"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt sets up rainwater ponds in forests - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The sustainable forestry department has set up six rainwater ponds in different forested areas of the district, according to a news report. 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