Punjab sets June 2027 target for 5,734 water filtration plants

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has set a target of June 2027 for completing 5,734 water filtration plants across the province. She gave the direction while chairing a special meeting of the Punjab Saaf Pani Authority.

The chief minister handed the monitoring of filtration plants to the relevant assistant commissioner. Under each assistant commissioner, a public committee will be formed for the filtration plants located in neighbourhoods and streets.

It was also decided to set up a mobile maintenance unit in every tehsil to repair and restore filtration plants. The mobile workshops will have plumbers and other technical staff.

Ms Sharif also approved a last-mile water supply project. It will provide water to the more affected areas of Chakwal, Rajanpur and Rawalpindi. According to the report, water supply schemes of up to 256 kilometres in Chakwal and 1,780 kilometres in Rajanpur will be built on a priority basis.

The meeting was given a detailed briefing on water bottling plants running in four Punjab districts: Khushab, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur. Their production was reported as 10,000 to 19,000 litres of bottled water a day.

According to the report, 4.8 million people are benefiting from the water bottling project in a short period, and more than 75,000 bottles of water have been delivered to homes under the CM water bottling project.

Ms Sharif said clean water is the people's right and that every person will get it. She said the government would bring water supply schemes to other areas after Chakwal, Rajanpur and Rawalpindi, so that nobody has to carry drinking water from miles away.