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March 11, 2021
FAISALABAD: Wasa Managing Director Jabbar Anwar Chaudhry Wednesday said mega projects worth Rs 55 billion were underway to provide clean drinking water and sewerage facilities to citizens of Faisalabad.
Addressing a function organized by All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association and Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce in honour of Wasa officers, the Wasa MD said all these projects would be completed in three years and the state of the city would be changed.
He said industrial community is the pride of the city and their problems will be addressed on a priority basis.
He said a 44 million gallon wastewater treatment plant worth Rs 19 billion with the support of the Danish government, a French water supply project worth Rs 16 billion Phase II to provide 30 million gallons of drinking water daily would be established.
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Danish diplomats visit WASA office Qadeer Sikandar
Ambassador of Denmark Lis Rosenholm and Bente Schiller, deputy head of mission, visited the WASA office on Tuesday and said work on the wastewater treatment plant should be expedited so that timely completion of the plant was possible.
They were welcomed by Divisional Commissioner Saqib Manan, Vice Chairman Sheikh Shahid Javed and Managing Director WASA Jabbar Anwar Chaudhry. Lis Rosenholm appreciated the service of WASA Faisalabad as an institution and hoped that it would play its full role in terms of wastewater treatment plants. Divisional Commissioner Saqib Manan said that the wastewater treatment plant is a mega project of about Rs.19 billion which will solve the problem of environmental protection as well as a water supply for crops. Managing Director WASA Jabbar Anwar Chaudhry said that despite the disruption in a routine around the world, the Danish Ambassador Excellency Mrs. Liz Rosenhall and Deputy