Rs90m utilized to ensure provision of drinking water

+Shafiuddin Shafqi

KARAK: MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas Company has spent over Rs 90 million till date to ensure provision of clean drinking water to the less developed districts of KP including Karak, Hangu, Bannu and Kohat.

According to a press release issued here on Thursday, MOL Pakistan has funded and executed several water supply schemes including the installation of hand pumps, installation of wells and supply of water through browsers in far flung areas of the said districts.

In the far-flung areas of Karak where the situation worsens during summers, MOL Pakistan in collaboration with Karak’s district government sponsored the unconventional scheme of water supply using browsers. The makeshift arrangement has catered to this most urgent need of the locals at several locations in the TAL Block and has been greatly appreciated by the local communities.

Citing serious water-borne illness among residents of most of the villages located along the Bannu-Kohat Road due to lack of access to clean water, MOL Pakistan conducted an Electrical Resistivity Survey (ERS) in the area in coordination with the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Karak.

An open well has been installed that has catered to the needs of thousands and provided them undisrupted access to clean drinking water. After completion, the scheme has been handed over to Public Health Engineering Department. Water supply to Nizrab Banda, one of the most underdeveloped villages of Hangu is one of such examples where MOL Pakistan has single-handedly completed the project.

On the request of local community of the Hoti Banda village in Kohat, MOL Pakistan conducted a detailed assessment in coordination with government authorities and after analyzing the ground situation, the scheme was approved, executed and handed over to Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) for future operations and maintenance.

“MOL Pakistan’s commitment to social welfare is an admirable example of a corporation helping society and those in dire need. Whereas many companies see their CSR obligations as a burden, MOL Pakistan has always gone above and beyond its legal requirements to assist people in need. This benevolence is essential for progress and Pakistan needs more generous benefactors to continue to develop as a nation”, the press release concluded.