WASA makes comprehensive plan for monsoon season.

Faisalabad -- The water and sanitation agency (WASA) had made comprehensive monsoon plan to tackle the emergency like situation during the heavy rains and WASA services were being improved to provide better facilities of water supply and drainage. This was informed by WASA Managing Director (MD) Jabbar Anwar while giving briefing to the parliamentarians. Federal Parliamentary Secretary Mian Furrukh Habib, MPAs Nazar Latif, Mian Khayal Kastro, Vice Chairman WASA Sh Shahid Javed and other were present on the occasion.

WASA Managing Director (MD) informed that sore points and low lying areas in the city had been identified and emergency camps had been set up near these points for carrying out prompt action to drain out the rainwater without any delay. He told that the proposals of WASA three years business plan had been approved by FDA Governing body which would be beneficial to strengthen the WASA's financial position if it would be approved by the Punjab Government.

He also informed the financial constraints being faced by WASA and sought Parliamentarians support for taking special funds for government to steer the WASA out of financial crisis. Federal Parliamentary Secretary Mian Furrukh Habib said that present Government was working on the policies of strengthening the public institutions through multidimensional reforms.

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