{"id":62219,"date":"2020-03-03T16:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62219"},"modified":"2020-03-03T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:38:35","slug":"wasa-announces-amnesty-scheme-regularise-commercial-aquifer-connections-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-announces-amnesty-scheme-regularise-commercial-aquifer-connections-lahore.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA announces amnesty scheme to regularise commercial aquifer connections in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water &amp; Sanitation Agency (WASA) has announced an amnesty scheme to allow citizens to regularize their illegal commercial aquifer connections within one month without paying any penalties, a news source reported. As per the publication, WASA Vice-Chairman (VC) Sheikh Imtiaz Mehmood made this notification on Monday, during a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (LCCI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-lahore-establish-six-wastewater-treatment-plants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA to establish six wastewater treatment plants in Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">WASA to establish six wastewater treatment plants in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the authorities decided to set up a facilitation desk at the LCCI to resolve the issues of the business community at the earliest. An officer at the facilitation desk will respond to the questions of the business persons and dispatch their issues to the WASA authorities. The vice-chairman revealed that previously, a good number of people had to face the prospect of heavy fines and got harassed due to a lack of sufficient information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-investigate-housing-societies-islamabad-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NAB to investigate housing societies in Islamabad, Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">NAB to investigate housing societies in Islamabad, Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VC Mehmood said that water-related problems could be resolved by getting a Hydrology License for industrial water under the said amnesty scheme within a month. He asked the LCCI to spread awareness in this regard. He additionally informed that WASA had released a pamphlet regarding the details about registration and licenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-karim-block-have-underpass-facility.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lahore Karim Block to have underpass facility (opens in a new tab)\">Lahore Karim Block to have underpass facility<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same occasion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cabinet-body-approves-pkr-15-bn-loan-for-wasa-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA  (opens in a new tab)\">WASA <\/a>VC informed the attendees about the application \u2018Hazir Sir\u2019, which will be launched to resolve sanitation issues in Lahore. He further revealed that complaints related to sanitation, including pictorial evidence, could be submitted to the authority through this app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Water &amp; Sanitation Agency (WASA) has announced an amnesty scheme to allow citizens to regularize their illegal commercial aquifer connections within one month without paying any penalties, a news source reported. As per the publication, WASA Vice-Chairman (VC) Sheikh Imtiaz Mehmood made this notification on Monday, during a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (LCCI). Read: WASA to establish six wastewater treatment plants in Lahore During the meeting, the authorities decided to set up a facilitation desk at the LCCI to resolve the issues of the business community at the earliest. An officer at the facilitation desk will respond to the questions of the business persons and dispatch their issues to the WASA authorities. The vice-chairman revealed that previously, a good number of people had to face the prospect of heavy fines and got harassed due to a lack of sufficient information. Read: NAB to investigate housing societies in Islamabad, Lahore VC Mehmood said that water-related problems could be resolved by getting a Hydrology License for industrial water under the said amnesty scheme within a month. He asked the LCCI to spread awareness in this regard. He additionally informed that WASA had released a pamphlet&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[3493,21722,21723,21721],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-amnesty-scheme","9":"tag-aquifer-connections-in-lahore","10":"tag-lahore-chamber-of-commerce-industry-lcci","11":"tag-water-sanitation-agency-wasa","12":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WASA amnesty scheme regularise connections - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water &amp; Sanitation Agency (WASA) has announced an amnesty scheme to allow citizens to regularize their illegal commercial aquifer\" \/>\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\/wasa-announces-amnesty-scheme-regularise-commercial-aquifer-connections-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WASA amnesty scheme regularise connections - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Water &amp; 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