{"id":65543,"date":"2020-05-16T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65543"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:26:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T11:26:16","slug":"residents-demand-rawalpindi-cantt-water-issues-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/residents-demand-rawalpindi-cantt-water-issues-resolved.html","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi Cantt residents ask govt to fix water issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The residents of the Rawalpindi Cantt area have requested the government to fix their pressing water shortage issues, according to a news report. They have complained that despite heavy rains having filled the city&#8217;s nearby dam facilities, the cantonment area still continues to face this scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/infrastructure-for-transporting-water-to-twin-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Infrastructure development ordered for transporting 100 mn gallon water to twin cities: Minister Umar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area\u2019s residents requested the government to take this issue seriously and to resolve it as soon as possible. According to some residents, the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) had been sending them water bills, despite rationing the commodity even during the summer months when demand was relatively higher. They also alleged that tube wells were not being operated regularly, and remained locked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hydro-diplomacy-water-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experts suggest \u2018Hydro Diplomacy\u2019 as solution to regional water issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rcb-recovers-pkr-2-8-mn-crackdown-against-defaulters-water-bills-67-connections-severed.html\" target=\"_blank\">RCB<\/a> spokesman revealed that the civic body was planning to streamline the water supply system in Rawalpindi Cantt. He also said that anyone not paying their bills for the last year would have their supply cut off. Furthermore, the spokesperson added that the board would be conducting surprise checks in order to ensure that tube well operators were present at their stations from Friday onwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The residents of the Rawalpindi Cantt area have requested the government to fix their pressing water shortage issues, according to a news report. They have complained that despite heavy rains having filled the city&#8217;s nearby dam facilities, the cantonment area still continues to face this scarcity. Read: Infrastructure development ordered for transporting 100 mn gallon water to twin cities: Minister Umar The area\u2019s residents requested the government to take this issue seriously and to resolve it as soon as possible. According to some residents, the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) had been sending them water bills, despite rationing the commodity even during the summer months when demand was relatively higher. They also alleged that tube wells were not being operated regularly, and remained locked up. Read: Experts suggest \u2018Hydro Diplomacy\u2019 as solution to regional water issues An RCB spokesman revealed that the civic body was planning to streamline the water supply system in Rawalpindi Cantt. He also said that anyone not paying their bills for the last year would have their supply cut off. Furthermore, the spokesperson added that the board would be conducting surprise checks in order to ensure that tube well operators were present at their stations from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":61793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[29337,5618,21833],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-rawalpindi-cantt","9":"tag-rcb","10":"tag-water-issues","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>Residents demand solution to water issues in Rawalpindi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi Cantt&#039;s residents have demanded the government to resolve the water issues faced in the area, especially with the higher demand in summer.\" \/>\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\/residents-demand-rawalpindi-cantt-water-issues-resolved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Residents demand solution to water issues in Rawalpindi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi Cantt&#039;s residents have demanded the government to resolve the water issues faced in the area, especially with the higher demand in summer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/residents-demand-rawalpindi-cantt-water-issues-resolved.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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