ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan have signed an agreement, through which the later would give Rs3.4 billion for improving water supply systems in Lahore and Faisalabad.
Ambassador of Japan Hiroshi Inomata and Economic Affairs Division Secretary Saleem Sethi signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments. The agreement also includes the projects of energy saving in water supply system in Lahore and the replacement of pumping machinery at inline booster pumping station and terminal reservoir in Faisalabad.
Grant agreements on the details of implementation of these projects were also signed by Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki and Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs Division, Syed Mujtaba Hussain on the occasion.
According to project details, 105 deteriorated underground water pumps will be replaced with the latest pumps, and in order to improve proper operation and maintenance of tube wells, energy audit instruments will be introduced. Both steps will have a synergetic effect on lowering the high energy cost for Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Lahore.
