{"id":64144,"date":"2020-04-16T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T05:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64144"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:15:05","slug":"wasa-awaits-funds-to-initiate-desilting-of-nullahs-in-pindi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-awaits-funds-to-initiate-desilting-of-nullahs-in-pindi.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA Rawalpindi awaits funds to initiate pre-monsoon desilting of nullahs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The officials of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have revealed that the Punjab government has yet to release funds for an annual operation aimed at desilting of nullahs ahead of the monsoon season, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/turkish-company-wasa-join-hands-water-storage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA, Turkish company sign agreement to develop water storage project (opens in a new tab)\">WASA, Turkish company sign agreement to develop water storage project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation involves clearing silt and other sediments from 11 major storm drains (including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stone-of-nullah-leh-express-to-be-laid-in-september.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nullah Leh (opens in a new tab)\">Nullah Leh<\/a>). This task is critical because the desilting of <em>nullahs<\/em> prevents rainwater from flooding the city\u2019s lowlands, by diverting water through the storm drains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-rawalpindi-shares-numbers-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA Rawalpindi shares phone numbers for complaints registration (opens in a new tab)\">WASA Rawalpindi shares phone numbers for complaints registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency officials revealed that that WASA has requested the\nprovincial government to issue PKR 40 million in funds on an expedited basis so\nthat the desilting process can be initiated. Managing Director WASA Iftikharuddin\nfurther said that the preparations to initiate pre-monsoon cleaning have been completed.\nHe added that if funds weren\u2019t released in time, the chances of flooding in the\ncity\u2019s low lying areas during the monsoon season could escalate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The officials of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have revealed that the Punjab government has yet to release funds for an annual operation aimed at desilting of nullahs ahead of the monsoon season, according to news sources. Read: WASA, Turkish company sign agreement to develop water storage project The operation involves clearing silt and other sediments from 11 major storm drains (including Nullah Leh). This task is critical because the desilting of nullahs prevents rainwater from flooding the city\u2019s lowlands, by diverting water through the storm drains. Read: WASA Rawalpindi shares phone numbers for complaints registration The agency officials revealed that that WASA has requested the provincial government to issue PKR 40 million in funds on an expedited basis so that the desilting process can be initiated. Managing Director WASA Iftikharuddin further said that the preparations to initiate pre-monsoon cleaning have been completed. He added that if funds weren\u2019t released in time, the chances of flooding in the city\u2019s low lying areas during the monsoon season could escalate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[12601,26373,26372],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-nullah-leh","9":"tag-wasa-rawalpindi","10":"tag-wasa-rawalpindi-waits-for-funds-to-initiate-pre-monsoon-desilting-of-nullahs","11":"cat-20385-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 awaits funds to initiate desilting of nullahs in Pindi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WASA has revealed that the Punjab government has yet to release funds for an annual operation aimed at desilting of nullahs\" \/>\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-awaits-funds-to-initiate-desilting-of-nullahs-in-pindi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WASA awaits funds to initiate desilting of nullahs in Pindi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASA has revealed that the Punjab government has yet to release funds for an annual operation aimed at desilting of nullahs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-awaits-funds-to-initiate-desilting-of-nullahs-in-pindi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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