Raza Naqvi
Attock
The purpose of installing water filtration plants is to ensure provision hygienically clean water to the people to control water born diseases specially Hepatitis. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said this after inaugurating a water filtration plant in Peoples Colony Attock. On the occasion Malik Shamsher Khan and other notables were also present.
Malik Amin said that because of polluted water people of the area are suffering from different water born diseases and this cooler will help control spread of such deadly diseases.
Malik Amin said, as many as 45 water filtration plants are being installed in different areas of Attock, Hazro and Hasanabdal to ensure provision of hygienically clean drinking water to the people at the cost of more than 60 million rupees which will certainly control water born diseases.
Giving details about the areas where these plants are be installed, he said that 04 water filtration plants in Attock, 04 in Hasanabdal, 04 in Hazro while rest of the plants are being installed in Waisa, Chechian, Khaqwani, Bolianwal, Golra, Haji Shah, Haroon, Malik Mala, Yaseen, Kalu Kalan, Formali, Jalalia, Hameed, Kamalpur Musa, Nartopa, Mararia and Ghorghushti. He said that a new building for regional campus of Allama Iqbal Open University will soon be built in Attock for which eight kanal lands has been allocated while a new Mother and Child Hospital having 400 beds capacity will also be built here.