QUETTA: The Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa), Quetta, is making strenuous efforts to ensure smooth supply of water to citizens during the holy month of Ramazan.

Talking to APP on Sunday, Wasa managing director Abdul Wali Kakar said that steps had been taken to keep all tube-wells in the city operational so that the citizens got water in accordance with scheduled timings. He held unannounced loadshedding responsible for shortage of water in parts of the city.­

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2015

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