๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐) ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง (๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐)
Government of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides grant aid of 510 million yen to provide smart water meters and related equipment to Water and Sanitation Agency, Faisalabad (WASA Faisalabad).
On May 14, 2025, in Islamabad, Government of Japan and JICA signed the Exchange of Notes (E/N) and the Grant Agreement(G/A) with Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the “Economic and Social Development Programmeโ.
In Faisalabad, the third most populous city in Pakistan, WASA Faisalabad is responsible for providing water services. However, the residents are unable to enjoy sufficient water services, and water is only available for about six hours a day. One of the reasons is that the water tariff is a flat rate system in which the water tariff does not change regardless of how much water customers use, which leads to customers wasting water. As a result, WASA Faisalabad’s water tariff revenue has not increased, making it impossible to renovate or expand facilities.
Through technical cooperations and other grant aid projects, Japan has been supporting WASA Faisalabad in expanding water supply forใshifting from a flat rate system to a metering rate system in which water charges are based on the amount of water consumption through the installation of water meters to increase water revenues.
This programme will provide 8,400 smart water meters to WASA Faisalabad, promoting WASA Faisalabad’s shift to a metering rate system, establishing an efficient bill collection system and water distribution system, and achieving digital transformation of water supply in Faisalabad. This programme will contribute to improving water services in Faisalabad, and ultimately to improving the public health and living environment of citizens, and the realization of SDGs Goal 6 “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.”
At the signing ceremony, Ambassador AKAMATSU stated, “We hope the water supply services in Faisalabad will further improve through this grant aid, and ultimately the public health and living environment will improve. Japan will continue to cooperate with Pakistan in the area of water.” Mr. Miyata, JICA Pakistan Chief Representative of JICA Pakistan Office stated, “We hope that the smart water meters will promote digital transformation (DX) of the water supply and improve water services in Faisalabad.”
Through this grant aid, Government of Japan and JICA will contribute to the supply of safe water in Pakistan.
