CDA control room starts functioning today

ISLAMABAD, April 14: The newly established control room by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to tackle water leakage from the pipelines would become functional on April 15 Friday (Tomorrow). The control room will work round the clock and the people can contact on telephone number 9207286 to inform the authority about the water leakage at any place in the federal capital. Talking to this agency, Director General CDA Water Management Wing Sanaullah Aman said that the water level in Simly and Khanpur dam was quite sufficient to cater for the residents of the capital before monsoon. He said the water level in Simly Dam had reached 2281 million gallons which was 2263 million gallons during these days last year. The water level in Khanpur Dam had surged to 1958 million gallons which was 1933 million gallons last year, Aman said. He said that the CDA had been effectively pursuing its plan to avert water shortage and ensure steady water supply to the residents. He said that the CDA pumped out 21 million gallon water per day (MGD) from Simly Dam and 8 MGD from Khanpur Dam to meet city`s domestic water needs. He said that the demand of water had increased with the advent of summer, therefore, the authority had already made a plan to avoid any shortage and one million gallon stored water would be supplied every month during the peak summer season.Aman said that the CDA had installed an express feeder with the cost of Rs6.3 million on the directives of CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi to meet the growing demand of the water. He said that the feeder started functioning last week as it was running 22 tube wells round the clock fulfilling the water needs of Sectors I-9 and I-10 which were the worst affected sectors of the water shortage.— APP