Country Representative, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Dr. Mohsin Hafeez has suggested Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) to make mandatory rain-water storage tanks for new housing schemes.

“The store water can be used for gardening, toilets (flush), and for the car wash, etc,” he said while speaking at a consultative meeting on ‘demonstration of nature-based solutions for improving the resilience of groundwater aquifers here.

He said Islamabad gets a lot of rain and the rainwater can be stored to end the water shortage and to avoid a flood.

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