SC Directs PAK-EPA To Monitor Bottled Water Companies

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Nov, 2018 ) :The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PAK-EPA) to monitor the bottled (mineral water) water companies across the country.

According to a notification issued here, the apex court has given the said task to Director General Pak-EPA, Farzana Altaf Shah along with Dr. Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui, Dr. Mohsina Zubair (Deputy Director (Lab/NEQS)) and Ali Hasan Syed (Assistant Director (Pollution Control)).

The team was on the task of comprehensive inspection of bottled water companies located in Punjab namely Nestle, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Gourmet, Aquafina and others.

According to details, the monitoring has been initiated in order to gather the details of amount of water being extracted from underground aquifers, procedures and methods of water extraction, purification, quality assurance, environmental compliances and other practices being followed by such companies.

Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui, an environmental scientist and team member said, the team was working with full dedication on day and night in true letter and spirit, however inspection in some of the districts was completed.

"We only aim at getting pure water accessible to every citizen at his door step," he added.