{"id":60987,"date":"2020-02-05T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60987"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T10:08:42","slug":"imc-dreads-water-crisis-islamabad-get-worse-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imc-dreads-water-crisis-islamabad-get-worse-summer.html","title":{"rendered":"IMC dreads water crisis in Islamabad will get worse this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) on Monday expressed its reservations that the city\u2019s water crisis could worsen during the summer season, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-directed-fix-water-issues-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CDA directed to fix water issues in Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">CDA directed to fix water issues in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officials stated that 60% of the water connections in the city were illegally distributed. They further asked the Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Ansar Aziz to issue orders for disconnecting these connections. The representatives also highlighted the fact that most of these connections were supplying water to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mci-directed-cut-illegal-water-connections-farmhouses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"farmhouses (opens in a new tab)\">farmhouses<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the members of the IMC also discussed the issue of a 100% increase in water and a 15% increase in conservancy charges. They said that this increase was not justified as the public was not receiving an uninterrupted water supply. They also highlighted the problems of the people as they had to pay inflated utility bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/president-alvi-urges-coordination-on-food-water-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"President Alvi urges coordination on food, water security (opens in a new tab)\">President Alvi urges coordination on food, water security<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the mayor has directed the IMC Revenue Director\nto rectify these utility bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue of non-operational street lights also came under\ndiscussion at the meeting. The IMC representatives said that at least 70%\nstreet lights were currently out of order. They also indicated that many roads\nand parks were in poor condition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) on Monday expressed its reservations that the city\u2019s water crisis could worsen during the summer season, a news source reported. Read: CDA directed to fix water issues in Islamabad The officials stated that 60% of the water connections in the city were illegally distributed. They further asked the Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Ansar Aziz to issue orders for disconnecting these connections. The representatives also highlighted the fact that most of these connections were supplying water to farmhouses. During the meeting, the members of the IMC also discussed the issue of a 100% increase in water and a 15% increase in conservancy charges. They said that this increase was not justified as the public was not receiving an uninterrupted water supply. They also highlighted the problems of the people as they had to pay inflated utility bills. Read: President Alvi urges coordination on food, water security In response, the mayor has directed the IMC Revenue Director to rectify these utility bills. The issue of non-operational street lights also came under discussion at the meeting. The IMC representatives said that at least 70% street lights were currently out of order. They also indicated that many roads and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[17897,6788,41,17898],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-imc-dreads-water-crisis-in-islamabad-will-get-worse-in-summer","9":"tag-imc","10":"tag-islamabad","11":"tag-water-crises","12":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMC dreads water crisis in Islamabad will get worse this summer - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) on Monday expressed its reservations that the city\u2019s water crisis could worsen during the summer season.\" \/>\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\/imc-dreads-water-crisis-islamabad-get-worse-summer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMC dreads water crisis in Islamabad will get worse this summer - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) on Monday expressed its reservations that the city\u2019s water crisis could worsen during the summer season.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imc-dreads-water-crisis-islamabad-get-worse-summer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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