ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) State Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhary on Thursday said that concrete measures were being taken to increase the supply of water for residents of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).
Replying to various questions in the Senate, the minister said that several steps had been taken to augment supply water in proportion to the increase in population during the last five years which included installation of new tube wells, construction of Chirah dam, conduction of water from Indus River system at Tarbela dam for Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
According Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which was prepared during early 90s, sufficient underground water basin was not available in the following sectors of Islamabad including sector C-13 to 16, sector D-11 to 16, sector E-7, 8, 9 and 15 to 16, sector F-5, 15, 16, sector G-5, 6 and 12 to 16, sector H-11 to 16 and sector I-11 to 16.
He also dispelled the impression that there was no proper water storage system in many flats and in different sectors of federal capital and added that there was no proposal under consideration of the government to regulate boring of water in areas falling under jurisdiction of CDA.
He said the estimated population of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) at present which included urban as well as rural population was about 2.1 million and the demand for water to meet the needs of the same is about 211 million gallons per day (MGD); as worked out by the consultants engaged by Capital Development Authority (CDA) during the year 2009.
He said the present number of tube wells installed by CDA at different locations of Islamabad stood at 191, catering to water supply requirements of sectors H-8, H-9, 1-8 to I-11 and model villages of Islamabad besides other sectors like G-7 to G-10, F-7, F-8, F-10 and F-11.
While replying to another question, he said that several measures had been taken to provide clean drinking water in the federal government hospitals in Islamabad in including PIMS, FGPC and NIRM.
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