$800 mln being spent on diseases erupt through contaminated water: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (APP):Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said $800 million were being spent per annum on the diseases which breakout through contaminated water. During meeting of National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology, the minister said that the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had established 26 water testing laboratories in the country by spending Rs 100 billion.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (APP):Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said $800 million were being spent per annum on the diseases which breakout through contaminated water.

During meeting of National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology, the minister said that the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had established 26 water testing laboratories in the country by spending Rs 100 billion.

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