Swat
Chairman DDAC Swat Fazal Hakeem Khan Yousafzai has said that the problem of clean drinking water in the residential and commercial areas of Mingora city will be solved on a permanent basis with the completion of the Mingora Gravity Water Supply Scheme.
He said that regular work on the project has been started, a decades-old problem is going to be solved on a permanent basis, and the project will provide clean water to Mingora city and surrounding communities for the next three decades.
He expressed these thoughts during the press conference in Saidu Sharif here on Friday. Fazal Hakeem khan said that the people of Mingora city are very grateful to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan for the approval of this important project and the start of regular work. Chairman District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Swat Fazal Hakeem Khan Yousafzai said that the total cost of the project would be 26,129.25 million, the project includes a water distribution system and water treatment plant.
He said that the project will provide 55000 water connections through a total of 472 km of distribution network and 18 new water tanks. He said that the water treatment plant to be built on 136 canals will have a treatment capacity of 30 mgd. Under the project, a 48-inch pipeline will be laid, and a plant will be installed in the Fiza Gat area to provide water to the urban population, he said.
Member of Provincial Assembly Fazal Hakeem Khan Yousafzai says that keeping in mind the modern requirements, rapid gravity filters technology, solar energy, and water metering are being introduced through which clear water will be able to reach homes and upper floors without any additional support.
Electricity will be saved in homes and water supply to the population will continue uninterrupted despite load shedding, he said. Answering the questions in the press conference, he said that the survey on the project was started in 2014, but the work could not be started due to unavoidable reasons.
When the government was re-established in 2018, with the patronage and interest of the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan the project was re-introduced, and by the grace of Allah, the practical work on the project has started which will be completed in December 2023.
He termed the water gravity project as the most important and biggest project for Mingora.
