ISLAMABAD: On the directions of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal, the Authority’s Sanitation Department has started cleaning nullahs in Sector F-6 market, adjacent to the 7th Avenue and the other one near Zero Point.
During the first phase, around three dumper of garbage was lifted from the nullahs. While in the next phase, teams of sanitation directorate comprised of nullah coolies will carry out the cleanliness work and lifting of garbage from different nullahs on war footing.
Chairman CDA Maroof Afzal has directed the sanitation directorate to take effective steps for cleanliness of nullahs in a well-planned manner.
He directed the Sanitation directorate to carry out cleanliness of nullas on daily basis as it does cleanliness of the entire city.
The chairman CDA said that the nullahs flowing in the Islamabad were once neat and clean streams but with the passage of time, but the residents of the city connected sewerage lines and settlements around these nullahs increased the garbage and muddled them.
However, in order to ensure the flow of clean treated water, CDA is working on pilot a project in collaboration with National Agriculture Research Council (NARC). Under this project the stream flowing through the Rose and Jasmine Garden will be planted with the plants having anti-pollution capabilities which will also defuse the malodorousness.
In order to remove the toxic elements from these nullahs, ten new ponds will also be constructed to treat the polluted water, adding that work on this project has been initiated. The treated water would be used for agriculture purpose.
