Leh Nullah dredging delayed due to lockdown.

Byline: Aamir Yasin

RAWALPINDI -- The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has yet to start dredging Leh Nullah although the Punjab government released Rs40 million for this purpose.

A senior Wasa official told Dawn that the dredging of Leh Nullah begins in April and is completed by the end of June, before the monsoon begins.

He said that the provincial government had allocated funding but released it after the coronavirus lockdown in the province was lifted last week.

The official said the work might not be completed by June 30, the date that marks the start of the the monsoon.

Dredging begins in April and is completed by June end before the start of monsoon

He said there were reports that the coming monsoon would be aggressive and there was a dire need to remove mud and any other obstacles in the nullah so that rainwater coming from the capital and adjoining areas could flow smoothly.

Leh Nullah has a total length of about 24 kilometres, stretching from Islamabad to Rawalpindi. Eleven big nullahs of the city also discharge into Leh Nullah, which falls in Soan River near Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench.

The Leh Nullah from New Katarian to Soan River passes through densely populated areas of Rawalpindi city. All the nullahs of Islamabad are discharged into Leh Nullah on I.J. Principal Road.

The last flood that Leh Nullah...

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