Tanvir Aslam Awan inaugurates first mobile pipe testing laboratory

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Housing, C&W and Public Health Engineering Tanvir Aslam Awan inaugurated first mobile pipe testing laboratory in Punjab. This mobile lab will examine sewerage and drinking water pipelines in government schemes and issue NOC.

Provincial Minister was told that earlier the life period of pipelines used in government schemes was limited to five to ten years but after the establishment of this laboratory, use of substandard pipes by the contractors will be discouraged. Now only pipes of international standard will be used in development schemes and their life period will be at least 50 years.

It may be mentioned that the Minister had already inaugurated a permanent testing lab of same kind at Housing Department office Chauburji. Training has also been imparted to the staff for these labs. Services of Agro Polymer Chemical Ltd., have been acquired for installation of these labs. The scope of these labs will also be expanded to other districts.

Tanvir Aslam also inspected the process of pipe testing in both these labs. He was told that a certified report is prepared by conducting four tests of pipes within an hour.

Provincial Secretary Housing Wasim Mukhtar, Manager Marketing Syed Nayyar Iqbal, Additional Secretary Shahid Latif, Technical Advisor Zubair Ashraf and Syed Zulfiqar Hussain were also present on the occasion.