Rawalpindi-Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) would not approve new residential or commercial projects without a proper rainwater management plan.According to RDA
Rainwater harvesting project
January 21, 2021
Rawalpindi: The Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Tariq Mehmood Murtaza visited Bilal Masjid, Muslim Park, Khayaban-e-Sir Syed and inaugurated rainwater harvesting project to reuse rainwater.
Rawalpindi is the second city in the Punjab, he said, adding that RDA has started recycling of used water in this mosque after Sirajia Masjid, Asghar Mall Scheme with the help of UNDP. He said that mosques need a lot of water to meet everyday requirements. It is being expanded and will be a bigger model after completion.
Rainwater collected will be used for washing and cleaning of the mosque, ablution and wash rooms where ablution water will be used for plants and grass in the park established in front of the mosque. He said that more than 400 worshipers perform ablution in the mosque daily while 1,000 to 1,500 worshipers come here for Friday prayers. One man uses 5 to 7 liters of water during ablution which can now be made usable
Rainwater harvesting project takes off
Mosque adopts system for ablution and watering plants
RAWALPINDI:
The rainwater harvesting project got its first breakthrough on Friday as a local mosque acquired the system to save rain water for ablution and then channelling the used water for irrigation in parks.
The project will help utilise millions of gallons of water the heavens drop on the garrison city instead of letting it drain into Nullah Leh and other drains. Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza inaugurated the rainwater harvesting system at Masjid Sarajia Asghar Mall Scheme.
“RDA is the second city institution of Punjab to adopt rainwater harvesting system for ablution,” he said. RDA has started this work at Masjid Sarajia with the help of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Murtaza said that water is very much needed in mosques and it is being extended to meet it and it is a big model.