The Islamabad High Court here Monday warned the Capital Development Authority official to remove the litter dumping site around sectors H-10 and G-10 immediately or to face legal consequences.
To supply potable water to the city residents in accordance with standards approved by World Health Organization (WHO), Capital Development Authority (CDA) will hire a multinational company to run its 32 water filtration plants installed in various sectors.
The Chinese delegation headed by Jamshaid Ullah, General Manager, Rimedyne Refrigeration System Co Ltd, committed to export 30 CNG buses in the first phase for Islamabad, while CDA informed that they need 500 CNG buses for Islamabad which is environment friendly.
The auto parts manufacturers and vendor industry has urged the government to immediately announce modalities of subsidised Benazir Tractor scheme involving national tractor industry as its producer which would save foreign exchange of Rs 4 billion besides generating thousands jobs for the locals.
The Islamabad High Court here Monday adjourned till May 12 hearing of a writ against a ban on motor-boating business at Rawal Lake View Park. Justice Mohammad Ramzan Chaudhry put off the hearing after being informed that comments submitted by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency had not yet been incorporated into the case record.
With the start of summer, the residents of the capital city have begun longing for water.
The demand for water is estimated at 115 million gallons per day (mgd), whereas the supply is only 62mgd, showing over 50 per cent gap in the demand and supply.
As the action is still awaited even after one month of the delivery of Environmental Protection Orders (EPOs) to owners, the brick kilns in Islamabad's vicinity continue polluting the capital. According to officials at the Environment Ministry, the EPOs were served to owners on March 18, though the Brick Kiln Association office bearer claim that they received these orders in first week of April.
The single bench of Islamabad High Court comprising Justice Mohammad Ramzan Chaudhry here on Thursday during hearing of writ against ban on motor-boating business at Rawal Lake View Park remarked that the authorities seemed too much concerned about pollution in the Lake, but who would take pains to net pollution being spread by vehicles on city roads!
