RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) hosted its first khuli katchehry during which residents voiced their worries about the absence of essential amenities including clean drinking water and adequate sanitization.
The residents also raised their concerns about broken streetlights, ineffective sewage systems, and unlawful structures.
In addition, difficulties with tax bills, purchases, construction plans, tax assessments for land, and street maintenance were also brought up.
As per the details, Imran Gulzar, Syeda Umaima Ali, and Malik Muneer Ahmed, vice presidents of the RCB, gave the citizenry assurances that the problems will be resolved.
Even after 9 years working in the RCB, women residents complained about water costs and the lack of employment regularization.
Furthermore, a woman claimed to be a widow with a store adjacent to her home for which she had received a tax notice for Rs. 150,000.
Syeda Umaima Ali, Additional CEO, stated that she was unable to halt the shop’s sealing procedure.
A resident said that his street had been without water for 10 years and that he had raised the problem to Vice President Malik Munir.
Additionally, another resident brought up the issue of workshops being located in residential areas, and the Additional CEO assured him that the issue would be resolved.
In terms of cleanliness, Qazi Humayun highlighted the worst scenario, adding that, the water issues in Ward 05, Ghaziabad, and Ahmedabad had still not been resolved by the authorities.
Water reservoirs and tube wells are drying up, according to the RCB executive officer, and the board cannot fix the water problem on its own.
According to him, other concerns like sanitization and sewage problems would be addressed in order of importance.
Besides, Imran Gulzar, the executive officer of the RCB, formalized a list of every participant and their issues, while assuring the public that their concerns would be resolved at the earliest.
