CHITRAL: The water supply scheme of the Golain Pipe shifted to a safe place from the middle of the road as such a project of potable clean drinking water to Chitral Town from Natural Fountain was carried out by the Public Health Engineering Department in 2010. During that time Booni Chitral road was the property of the Communication and Works Department (C&W) and the road was narrow and pipe was carried on the road side in the outskirts of mountains. After federalization this road was handed over to National Highway Authority (NHA) under the federal government.
Due to heavy traffic and increasing of population the NHA widened this road after the wideness of the road, the pipe came in the middle of the road it is fear that might this pipe damaged due to passing of heavy and loaded vehicles on the road as well as in case of water leakage it can causing damaging to the road. APP
This water supply pipeline is providing drinking water facilities to more than 40,000 residents of Chitral. The Public Health Engineering Department estimated Rs. 290 Million to move this pipe to a safe place and tendered it.
After the necessary action, work has been started to shift this pipeline from the middle of the road and move it to a safe place. Hasan Khan, Project Manager of Peshawar Pipe and Construction Company informed the media men that the pipe should be shifted to a safe place as soon as possible so that the people do not face any kind of problems.
According to the director of the construction company, Fahad Azam, by shifting this pipeline will also be safe from all kinds of damage due to the passage of heavy vehicles on this road and the supply of drinking water to the people will also continue on a regular basis.
This pipeline was brought to Chitral town alongside the 22 km Boni road, now more than 3000 meters of new pipe will also be used and the old pipe will be replaced by moving it to the safe side of the road.
