The Water Supply & Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has banned pumping of industrial effluent and ordered to construct treatment plants in all the dying and spinning factories in the city. The decision has been taken during a meeting of Wasa officials and representatives of the All-Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association.
The meeting decided that the industrial units would not be allowed to discharge their wastewater above the sanctioned capacity. These units would have to observe the weekly holiday.
Factory owners were asked to construct water treatment plants in their respective units within a month and not to throw their sullage water directly in the sewerage lines. The meeting observed that the sewerage lines in the industrial areas would be desilted on a monthly basis for which the factories would be closed for two days.
Wasa officials assured the industrial unit owners that they would provide all emergency services for the cleanliness of water lines and ensured the speedy process on their complaints.
Industrialists also assured Wasa authorities of helping them resolve the problems of sewerage blockade in industrial areas.
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