12 tube wells could ease crisis

A top official from Capital Development Authority’s Water and Sewerage Department yesterday said only twelve tube-wells were needed to ease the worsening water shortages in the federal capital.

He said the proposed project, to be executed in potential National Park area where sufficient under groundwater reservoirs were available, was put on back burner due to financial constraints.

He said the capital was left with only one month’s water supply as both the Simly and Khanpur dams were losing 5cm daily, a situation every year being faced before the monsoon season.

He said the project’s PC-1 prepared by the authority in 2016 could not be realised for want of money to be provided by the Ministry of Finance.

The civic authority, he claimed after execution of this project could cater the water need of I-8, I-9, I-10, I-11 sectors besides some other areas.