SWAT
Chairman District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Swat Fazal Hakeem Khan Yousafzai on Friday said that the problem of clean drinking water in the residential and commercial areas of Mingora would 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 which would provide clean water to Mingora city and surrounding communities for the next three decades, adding that the people of Mingora are very grateful to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan for the approval of this important project.
Addressing a press conference in Saidu Sharif he said that the total cost of the project would be 26,129.25 million and the project includes a water distribution system and water treatment plant.
He said that the project would provide 55000 water connections through a total of 472 km of distribution network and 18 new water tanks. The water treatment plant woulud also be built on 136 canals having a treatment capacity of 30 mgd.
Under the project, a 48-inch pipeline would be laid and a plant would 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 clean water would be able to reach homes and upper floors without any additional support thus saving the electricity consumption as well as bills.
Answering a question 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 now the practical work on the project had started. He said the project would be completed by December 2023
