Rawalpindi
Pakistan: As summer intensifies people in Rawalpindi struggle to get proper water supply
Rawalpindi: Pakistan's Rawalpindi is facing a dwindling water supply with the arrival of summer season and rising temperature in the city.
Low levels of underground water and lack of supply from dams are blamed for the water shortage in the city.
Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director (MD) Raja Shaukat Mehmood told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Rawalpindi city was getting 46 million gallons daily (MGD) against its need of 59 MGD.
The MD said that owing to these factors, 460 tubewells installed to fulfil the water requirements of 1.6 million residents of Rawalpindi city are unable to meet demand.
He added the Ghazi Barotha water supply project has become inevitable and is the only option that can end the perennial water shortage faced by the twin cities.
He said people are failing to get proper water supply as the weather is turning hot with the passing time.
He told the newspaper when initiated, the first phase of the Ghazi Barotha water supply project will provide the twin cities an additional 100 MGD.
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