Punjab sets June 2027 deadline for 5,734 water filtration plants
Maryam Nawaz assigns assistant commissioners to monitor each plant and orders mobile repair units in every tehsil to keep them working.
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has set June 2027 as the deadline for completing 5,734 water filtration plants across the province and directed that each one be kept running after installation, Dawn reported.
Chairing a meeting of the Punjab Saaf Pani Authority, the chief minister said access to clean drinking water was the fundamental right of every citizen, according to Dawn. Monitoring of the filtration plants has been assigned to the assistant commissioners of the respective areas, and public committees are to be constituted under their supervision to oversee the plants in streets and neighbourhoods.
ProPakistani reported that mobile maintenance units staffed with plumbers and technical staff will also be established in every tehsil so that faults are repaired without delay.
The meeting approved a Last-Mile Water Supply Project to take clean drinking water to affected areas of Chakwal, Rajanpur and Rawalpindi. The chief minister directed officials to prioritise supply schemes covering 256 kilometres in Chakwal and 1,780 kilometres in Rajanpur, ProPakistani reported.
Officials briefed the meeting on the water bottling plants operating in Khushab, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur, which together produce 10,000 bottles of 19 litres each day. According to the briefing, about 4.8 million people have benefited from the Chief Minister's Water Bottling Project, and more than 75,000 bottles of drinking water have been delivered to households.
Maryam Nawaz said the supply schemes would be extended to other areas after Chakwal, Rajanpur and Rawalpindi.
ProPakistani reported that the meeting was held on Sunday; Dawn's report did not specify the day. Both outlets said the chief minister chaired a meeting of the Saaf Pani Authority and that assistant commissioners were given the job of monitoring the plants.
The provincial government did not say how many of the 5,734 plants are already built, how many are still under construction, or what the programme will cost. Neither Dawn nor ProPakistani carried a cost estimate or a breakdown of the plants by district.
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