Lahore:
Apart from the Drenching rooftop, streets and alleys, precipitation serves the decisive purpose of nourishing the parched layers of soil underground. Unfortunately, however, in a large city such as Lahore, millions of gallon valuable rainwater is wasted each year due to the absence of adequate warehouse facilities.
Every day, Lahore extracts 70 to 80 million liters of groundwater. WASA operates 600 Tubewells in the city, while thousands are more powered by private units. Although WASA has launched an underground water storage tank project aimed at preserving rainwater and helping to restore underground water levels, experts believe that efforts are disproportionate considering the speed at which groundwater levels across the city fall.
According to Dr. Muhammad Yasin, an expert in water resources at the Center for Integrated Mountain Research at the University of Punjab, falls the underground water level in Lahore by one and a half meters each year. “If we extract a bucket of water from the ground, we should also return a bucket. Our university has constructed charging wells in different places. Previously, rainwater would accumulate for hours in different fields, but now, thanks to these charging wells, it was percolated in the ground,” Dr. Yasin, who posted other experts who, if stored water, were directed by uniting, underground, underground water.
“A recharge well is a simple but effective technique that filters rainwater through layers of stone, coal and sand before it directs it back into the soil. If rainwater is properly controlled, not only urban floods can be controlled, but this water can become a source of life for the soil. Rainfall is not just a technique, it is a way to revive soil naqvi, As has so far built 35 charging wells across different institutions and locations in Lahore, including the University of Punjab.
In a speech with Express Pakinomist about the case, Wasa’s CEO Ghufran Ahmed claimed that three tanks had already ended on Lawrence Road, Kashmir Road and Sheranwala Gate with a combined stock capacity of 4.4 million gallons.
“The construction is ongoing ten to more underground tanks all over the city, the largest one built on Gaddafi Stadium with a capacity of 4 million gallons. Other tanks under construction include them in Kareem Park (1.8 million gallons), Tajpura B block (3.2 million gallons), Garden Town, Cooper Road, Rasool Park, Tikka Chowk, Railway Station, Waris Road and Fruit Mandi.
