LAHORE – France will provide sixty-seven billion rupees to PunjabGovernment through Asian Development Bank for construction of a dam inLahore.
Managing Director Water and Sanitation Agency Syed Zahid Aziz in astatement said France will also provide technical assistance besidesfinancial assistance for the project.
The dam will be constructed at Mehmood Booti for storing rainwater, keepingin view the increasing water needs.
Syed Zahid Aziz said the stored water will be provided to people aftercleaning it through treatment plants.
He said after completion of the project, WASA will be able to get about 25percent of surface water besides groundwater.
He said that France will also make an investment of thirty-three billionrupees for changing old and rusty water supply lines in the provincialmetropolis.