Staff Reporter
The President of Cantonment Board, Rawalpindi, Brig. Ijaz Qamar Kiani visited Dodhocha Dam project site and inspected the area.
According to RCB Spokesman Qaiser Mehmood, Executive Engineer Small Dams, Umair Sadaqat and Assistant Commissioner Saddar, Rawalpindi Mansoor Qazi briefed the president cantonment.
He was informed that the construction work of Dodhocha dam project would be completed at a cost of Rs 6 billion in three years.
The construction of the dam would fulfil requirements of Rawalpindi city and cantonment areas and help lessen the load on underground water. Additional Cantonment Executive Officer Faisal Wattoo and other officers were present on the occasion. The president cantonment board was also informed that the project would help ensure availability of 25 million gallons of water for the city and Cantt areas every day.
The dam would have a storage capacity of 60,000 acres feet, while the dam would have dead level storage capacity of 15,000 acres feet and live storage capacity of 45,000 acres feet. A mainline for supply of water from the dam to Rawalpindi city areas would be constructed besides a water treatment plant.
Meanwhile, Rawalpindi Cantonment Board is continuously spraying disinfectants in different areas to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
The RCB is spraying the disinfectants every day at different areas of the board on the special directives of Cantonment Executive Officer Muhammad Umar Farooq Ali Malik. According to RCB spokesman, the spray was regularly being conducted in different localities of all 10 wards of the cantonment board.
The campaign would continue until further notice. The Cantonment Executive Officer had directed the RCB staff to adopt precautionary measures to stay protected from coronavirus, he added.
He said, it was top priority of the Board to provide clean environment to the residents. RCB had constituted 135 teams to conduct anti-corona spray in all areas, he added.
The board was spraying sodium hypochlorite in different areas of the Cantt and covered areas particularly main roads, streets, mosques,etc.
The campaign was being supervised and monitored by Public Health Officer, RCB, Waris Bhatti.
