Govt striving to provide portable water to masses: Zahid Hamid
- September 27, 2013, 6:54 pm
- National News
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ISLAMABAD, Sep 27 (APP): Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid
Hamid Friday informed the National Assembly that provision of portable water to public was the prime responsibility of the provincial governments.
Replying a question, the minister said his ministry through Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had conducted technical assessment survey of water supply schemes across the country and results had been conveyed to the provincial governments for necessary remedial measures.
He said an amount of Rs.180 million were allocated for this purpose in the current fiscal year,of which,Rs.100 million had so far been spent.
Hamid said during examination of bottled water in the period from April to June this year, as many as 86 brands were tested, of which, 59 were declared safe while 27 unsafe.
Show cause notices would be issued soon to the faulted bottled water brands as the government was seriously working on the issue, he added.
"Based on the technical assessment survey of water supply schemes, recommendations with workable solutions have been provided to the respective departments to take remedial action," he added.
The minister said it was for the first time that the federal government was also taking up the issue as it was a subject of the provincial governments
