Water supply in Islamabad to remain hot issue for campaign

Islamabad As the political parties are set to exploit water issue in Islamabad in their campaign leading to the next general elections, the Municipal Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) has claimed to meet the shortage in the next little over two years after completing water supply project from Indus River. The next general elections if everything goes smoothly would be held, next year and the water crisis in Islamabad is becoming hot issue for the election campaigns. The local leadership of two main opposition parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have already started grilling the government and civic bodies for their failure to ensure sufficient supply of water to residents of the federal capital. Feeling that water shortage is the burning issue in Islamabad, the political parties have been staging demonstrations besides displaying banners across the federal capital. The Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz and his government have also been facing severe criticism from the opposition members and chairmen of his own party in the last three sessions of the MCI With the advent of early summer season excluding the last couple of days, the requirement of water had increased but the supply remained at 54 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) which is less than half of total capacity of water reservoirs like…

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