Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Despite the orders of the Supreme Court, a sewage treatment plant could not be installed around Rawal Dam residents of Rawalpindi are forced to drink sewage-mix water.
It may be mentioned that the sewerage lines of Samli Sanatorium, Banigala, Bhara Kahu, Bari Imam, and Diplomatic Enclave fall inside Rawal Dam which is one of the main sources of water supply to Rawalpindi.
About ten years ago, the Supreme Court Pakistan issued orders to install a sewage treatment plant in the Rawal Dam catchment area, but it has not been implemented yet, so the people of Rawalpindi are forced to drink sewage mixed water. There is no water treatment plant at Rawal Dam, but a water filtration plant has been installed. In addition, construction is underway on Rawal Dam, the sewage of which will also go into Rawal Dam.
In one year (2024), over 350,000 patients with water-borne diseases, particularly Hepatitis were reported only in Rawalpindi government hospitals but no data is available regarding such cases reported in private hospitals in the year 2024.
