Committee to carry out survey for laying trunk sewer in Leh Nullah.

RAWALPINDI -- Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha on Monday asked Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) to form a committee to conduct a survey of Leh Nullah to lay a trunk sewer to transport the sewage out of the city for agriculture purposes.

The committee will be headed by RDA Chief Engineer Dr Habibul Haq Randhawa and comprise representatives of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Land Revenue Department.

The commissioner also asked the RDA to contact the Capital Development Authority and the Islamabad administration for their input in Leh Nullah as sewage from the federal capital discharged into it at Kattarian.

These directives were issued at a meeting held with the commissioner in the chair. The meeting was attended by RDA Director General Saif Anwar Jappa, Wasa Managing Director Mohammad Tanveer and senior officials of the district administration and representatives of Nespak.

Meeting briefed on tunnel technology to lay water and sewerage lines without digging roads

On the directives of the chief secretary, Wasa Lahore Managing Director Ghufran Ahmed gave a briefing about tunnel technology to lay water and sewerage pipelines without digging roads.

The meeting was informed that the total length of Leh Nullah from Kattarian Bridge to Soan River near Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench building was 16 kilometres and daily discharge of sewage into it was 600 cusecs.

The RDA prepared PC-I of Leh Nullah Expressway and Flood Channel to construct roads and the flood channel on its both sides to avoid flooding in the garrison city during the monsoon season.

The last flood that theLehwitnessed was on July 23, 2001. Just a few hours of 620mm rain resulted in the worst floods in the city's history. Thirty-five people lost their lives while many slums were swept away resulting in financial losses worth millions of rupees.

If heavy rains occurred in the twin cities, the nullah water level can rise to the 18 feet dangerous level mark. NullahLeh is full of polythene bags that adversely affect its water flow.

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