Rs1.5m for water filtration plants

Published November 7, 2002

GUJRANWALA, Nov 6: The City Tehsil Council has allocated Rs1.5 million to install filtration plants in various parts of the city for the provision of clean drinking water to citizens.

This decision was taken at a meeting here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of city Nazim Babu Javed Ahmad.

The meeting was told that a filtration plant had already been installed at Zero Point with an expenditure of Rs0.4 million.

Inaugurating the plan, the City Nazim assured the citizens that their problems regarding the drinking water and sewerage would be resolved on priority basis.

He pointed out that another filtration plant was already at work in Sheranwala Bagh.

Meanwhile, Nazimeen and councillors urged the city Nazim to also revamp the cleanliness situation in the city.

COMMITS SUICIDE: A jobless youth committed suicide by taking poison in Gulzar Colony here on Wednesday.

The family members would often admonish Muhammad Nawaz. In dejection, he swallowed pills after quarrelling with his wife. He died on the way to the local DHQ Hospital.

Opinion

Editorial

GB polls’ aftermath
Updated 11 Jun, 2026

GB polls’ aftermath

The new administration must address the region’s issues proactively.
Peace in retreat
11 Jun, 2026

Peace in retreat

THE ceasefire announced in April was supposed to create space for negotiations. Instead, it has been repeatedly...
A few good men
11 Jun, 2026

A few good men

IT was a brave move, no doubt. This Tuesday, in the land of the Afghan Taliban, a few good men decided to take a...
Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...