Provincial Minister for Housing, C&W and Public Health, Engineering Tanvir Aslam Awan has inaugurated first mobile pipe testing laboratory in Punjab. This mobile lab will examine pipelines of sewerage and drinking water in government schemes. Provincial Secretary Housing, Wasim Mukhtar, Manager Marketing, Syed Nayyar Iqbal, Additional Secretary, Shahid Latif, Technical Advisor, Zubair Ashraf and Syed Zulfiqar Hussain were also present on the occasion. The life period of pipelines used in government schemes is limited to five to ten years but after the establishment of this laboratory, use of substandard pipes will be rejected. Now only pipes of international standard will be used in development schemes and their life period will be at least 50 years.
The government has already set up a permanent testing lab of same kind at Housing Department office Chauburji. Services of Agro Polymer Chemical Ltd have been acquired for installation of these labs. The scope of these labs will also be expanded to other districts.
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