{"id":95425,"date":"2023-11-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=95425"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:40:58","slug":"wasa-lahore-gets-solar-power-amidst-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-lahore-gets-solar-power-amidst-price-hike.html","title":{"rendered":"WASA Lahore offices to harness solar power, reducing financial burden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has announced plans to transition its Lahore offices to solar power, responding to the soaring electricity bills, according to the news published on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-acquire-land-wastewater-plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WASA to acquire land for Kattar Band Wastewater Plant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting held on Saturday, WASA Managing Director (MD) Ghufran Ahmad emphasized the urgent need to switch to solar energy in order to alleviate the financial strain caused by exorbitant electricity costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjabs-business-facilitation-centre-open-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Business Facilitation Centre of Punjab to open in LHR soon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASA MD Ahmad emphasised the need for all offices, including the head office, directors\u2019 offices, executive engineers\u2019 offices, and SDOs, to transition to solar power as soon as possible. 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