Staff Reporter
Lahore
Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal, Minister of Industries, Commerce and Investment Punjab, inaugurated a rehabilitated water filtration facility in Lahore. The refurbishment was facilitated by the international non-governmental organization, WaterAid, with the financial support from global food and beverage company, PepsiCo. It is expected that 3,500 people from the Millat colony, Lahore will directly benefit from the new facility, an additional 5,000 people from the Gaus ul Alam colony in the Gulberg area of Lahore will also take benefit.
This is the first project implementation under PepsiCo’s commitment to the Clean and Green Pakistan Initiative launched by the Prime Minister of Pakistan late last year. To support the ‘access to safe water’ pillar of the Clean and Green Pakistan Initiative, PepsiCo is working to provide safe water to 140,000 people in the country by 2021.
Speaking at the inauguration Minister of Industries, Commerce and Investment Punjab Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal said, “Water is essential for human survival and cannot be replaced. I appreciate this collaboration between PepsiCo and WaterAid in supporting the Punjab Government in ensuring access to safe water to marginalized communities in Lahore.”
Furqan Ahmed Syed, CEO PepsiCo Pakistan and Afghanistan said, “Access to safe water has remained a challenge for Pakistan. With our partners WaterAid, we are on a mission to enable access to safe water for underserved communities in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. This is in line with our global commitment to provide access to safe water to 22 million people by 2025.’
