{"id":71610,"date":"2020-10-23T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T05:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71610"},"modified":"2020-10-23T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T06:53:08","slug":"epa-proposes-installation-meters-measuring-water-levels-katas-raj-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-proposes-installation-meters-measuring-water-levels-katas-raj-temples.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA proposes installation of meters for measuring water levels at Katas Raj Temples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed the installation of groundwater meters to measure water levels at the Katas Raj Temples, a news source reported on October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/economic-cost-environmental-degradation-soars-climate-change-ministry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan\u2019s economic cost of environmental degradation soars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recommendations were submitted to a three-member bench, comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, of the Supreme Court, which heard a suo moto case on the depleting water levels at the historic temples in Chakwal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Additional Advocate General Faisal Chaudhry submitted the proposals on behalf of the EPA. He stated that the environmental body had compiled a list of reasons behind the declining water table in the temple\u2019s pond; adding that the EPA had recommended the installation of water meters in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-takes-up-task-purify-islamabads-environment-water.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPA takes up task to purify Islamabad\u2019s environment, water<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suo motu case dates back to 2016 when the then Chief Justice Saqib Nisar had stated that cement factories located near the temple were found to evade water taxes worth millions of rupees and should be brought into the tax bracket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed the installation of groundwater meters to measure water levels at the Katas Raj Temples, a news source reported on October 21. Read: Pakistan\u2019s economic cost of environmental degradation soars These recommendations were submitted to a three-member bench, comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, of the Supreme Court, which heard a suo moto case on the depleting water levels at the historic temples in Chakwal. Punjab Additional Advocate General Faisal Chaudhry submitted the proposals on behalf of the EPA. He stated that the environmental body had compiled a list of reasons behind the declining water table in the temple\u2019s pond; adding that the EPA had recommended the installation of water meters in the area. Read: EPA takes up task to purify Islamabad\u2019s environment, water The suo motu case dates back to 2016 when the then Chief Justice Saqib Nisar had stated that cement factories located near the temple were found to evade water taxes worth millions of rupees and should be brought into the tax bracket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":71616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15016,15167],"tags":[41892,41893],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-new-developments","9":"category-tourism","10":"tag-katas-raj-preservation","11":"tag-katas-raj-water-issues","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meters to measure water table at Katas Raj Temples: EPA - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab Additional Advocate General Faisal Chaudhry submitted the proposals on behalf of the EPA to a three-member Supreme Court bench.\" \/>\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\/epa-proposes-installation-meters-measuring-water-levels-katas-raj-temples.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meters to measure water table at Katas Raj Temples: EPA - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab Additional Advocate General Faisal Chaudhry submitted the proposals on behalf of the EPA to a three-member Supreme Court bench.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-proposes-installation-meters-measuring-water-levels-katas-raj-temples.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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