LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Bank of Punjab (BoP) have signed an MOU to facilitate online water bill payments.
Ghafran Ahmed, Managing Director of Wasa, and Farid Ahmed Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Punjab, signed the agreement on Tuesday. In addition to Faridullah Khan, Sharjeel Raza Khan, Aamir Dar, Hameed Khan, and Mian M Munir, with the Director of Finance Athar Mehmood and Mudassar Javed from Xen Headquarter, the ceremony was attended by Faridullah Khan, Sharjeel Raza Khan, Aamir Dar, Hameed Khan and DMDF&R at Wasa.
Mobile banking will now be available to consumers to deposit their water bills from their homes after the ceremony, MD Wasa announced. A real-time transaction will eliminate complaints like repeat billing, according to him.
According to him, Bank of Punjab was the first bank to begin real-time transactions with Wasa Lahore. In the meantime, MD Wasa Ghafran Ahmed discussed several completed projects with a delegation from JICA Japan.
In 2006, JICA provided Wasa with machinery for cleaning drains and sewage systems, and in 2017 105 tube wells were installed. In addition to improving Wasa’s water supply and drainage system, JICA Japan provided Wasa with machinery. Furthermore, MD Wasa requested that more machinery be provided by the JICA delegation.
According to the head of the JICA delegation, JICA will continue to provide technical and financial support to Wasa Lahore. In his announcement, he said officers from Wasa Lahore would travel to Japan for training. As part of its visit to various disposal stations, the JICA delegation was also able to see the working of the Wasa machines provided by the agency.
