RDA to Conduct Survey of Leh Nullah for Trunk Sewer Project
The Commissioner of Rawalpindi, Liaquat Ali Chatha, has directed the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) to form a committee to survey Leh Nullah.
According to sources, the aim of the survey is to lay a trunk sewer for transporting sewage out of the city for agricultural purposes.
The committee will be led by RDA Chief Engineer Dr. Habibul Haq Randhawa and will include representatives from the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) and the Land Revenue Department.
At a meeting attended by senior officials of the district administration, RDA Director General Saif Anwar Jappa, and representatives of NESPAK, the commissioner also requested the RDA to seek input from the Capital Development Authority and the Islamabad administration regarding Leh Nullah.
It is worth noting that the federal capital’s sewage is discharged into Leh Nullah at Kattarian.
The meeting also included a briefing by Wasa Lahore Managing Director Ghufran Ahmed about tunnel technology for laying water and sewerage pipelines without digging roads.
According to officials, the total length of Leh Nullah from Kattarian Bridge to Soan River near Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench building is 16 kilometers, and the daily discharge of sewage into it is 600 cusecs.
The RDA prepared the PC-I of Leh Nullah Expressway and Flood Channel to construct roads and flood channels on both sides to avoid flooding in the garrison city during the monsoon season.
The last plan for the project was prepared in March 2022, which included the construction of a trunk sewer and 17 km of roads on both sides of Leh Nullah from Kattarian Bridge on I.J. Principal Road to Soan Bridge on G.T. Road.
The Punjab government has allocated Rs. 65 billion for the construction of Leh Nullah and dual carriageway on both sides, and Rs. 25 billion for land acquisition.
In December 2021, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved the PC-I for land acquisition and structural compensation worth Rs. 25 billion, and the administrative approval was given on January 19, 2022.