{"id":59378,"date":"2020-01-04T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59378"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T07:44:07","slug":"govt-prioritise-new-water-reservoirs-vawda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-prioritise-new-water-reservoirs-vawda.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to prioritise new water reservoirs: Vawda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda on Thursday announced that the incumbent government would prioritize the construction of new water reservoirs and ensure the availability of water for all the country\u2019s citizens, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-install-floating-solar-panels-on-water-reservoirs-canals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt to install floating solar panels on water reservoirs, canals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The minister chaired a meeting to review the progress of water sector development projects. He revealed that the Ministry of Water Resources had 61 ongoing water related projects, and had added 51 new projects to the water sector development portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/revised-master-plan-address-islamabads-water-supply-concerns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revised master plan to address Islamabad\u2019s water supply concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vawda said that 34 out of 51 new projects wrere for Balochistan, given the current water situation in the province. He added that the government could no longer ignore the need to construct new water reservoirs in the country and that professionals needed to be consulted in order to overcome the country\u2019s looming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/president-alvi-urges-coordination-on-food-water-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">water crises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<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>Officials concerned briefed the minister on the completion of seven water projects during the ongoing financial year. These included Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) I &amp; III, and six dams in Balochistan. The officials added that these the RBOD I &amp; III projects would help overcome issues of water logging and salinity in Balochistan and Sindh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda on Thursday announced that the incumbent government would prioritize the construction of new water reservoirs and ensure the availability of water for all the country\u2019s citizens, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Govt to install floating solar panels on water reservoirs, canals The minister chaired a meeting to review the progress of water sector development projects. He revealed that the Ministry of Water Resources had 61 ongoing water related projects, and had added 51 new projects to the water sector development portfolio. Read:\u00a0Revised master plan to address Islamabad\u2019s water supply concerns Vawda said that 34 out of 51 new projects wrere for Balochistan, given the current water situation in the province. He added that the government could no longer ignore the need to construct new water reservoirs in the country and that professionals needed to be consulted in order to overcome the country\u2019s looming water crises. Read:\u00a0Punjab to have ponds to conserve rainwater Officials concerned briefed the minister on the completion of seven water projects during the ongoing financial year. These included Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) I &amp; III, and six dams in Balochistan. The officials added that these the RBOD I &amp; III&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14797],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-govt-to-prioritise-new-water-reservoirs-vawda"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to prioritise new water reservoirs: Vawda - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda on Thursday announced that the incumbent government would prioritize the construction of new water\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-prioritise-new-water-reservoirs-vawda.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to prioritise new water reservoirs: Vawda - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda on Thursday announced that the incumbent government would prioritize the construction of new water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-prioritise-new-water-reservoirs-vawda.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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