Wasa mobile app for bill payment

Rawalpindi: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has launched a mobile application through which users can pay their bills through their mobile phones. Wasa/RDA Vice President Haroon Kamal Hashmi said on Monday.

The launching ceremony of the mobile application was held at WASA headquarters. WASA Vice President Haroon Kamal Hashmi and WASA leaders and employees attended the ceremony. Addressing the ceremony, he said, “Today is an important day for WASA and its consumers. We will launch a mobile app and 6 new public complaint centers. All consumer problems can be solved at their doorstep. Talking about the WASA mobile app, he said, “Not a single penny was spent from the public treasury for the development of the app. And all the work was done by WASA’s own IT experts. For what they deserve to be appreciated.

He said that over the past three years, various initiatives have been taken for the improvement of WASA (Rawalpindi) during which significant revenue targets have been achieved. WASA’s monthly revenue recovery reached Rs 60 million. This was made possible without any price increase.

Because more than 70% of WASA’s customers have pieces of 5 marlas or less whose bills have not increased since 2009. Regarding the reforms and development patterns in the water supply sector, he said that during his tenure he had completed the Galaxy Colony Water Supply Plan on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, which would provide water supply to Dhaman Syedan, Doctor Colony, Janjua Town and neighboring communities. Ongoing, the six remaining union councils have initiated water supply projects from the Chahan Dam, which will provide 6 million gallons of water per day, while water supply projects from the Dodchha. Launched a project to supply 25 million gallons of water a day to the Twin Cities, along with plans to underground the city’s sewage system. In the next fiscal year, work will be initiated to bury the sewage system of the other town center councils. He further stated that in order to improve WASA’s capacity and provide facilities to citizens at their doorsteps, WASA at Gulzar Quaid, Chakra, Adiala Road, Sadiqabad, Shakrial, a total of six locations Establish sub-offices where bill-to-bill accuracy, complaint registration and invoice issuance will now be available.