ISLAMABAD – Most of the restaurants in the capital serve unfiltered tap water to the customers with food, exposing them to different diseases like typhoid and hepatitis.
According to the sources, the restaurants located in all the major markets of the capital, even in posh areas can be seen serving unfiltered water. The tap water coming from rooftop tanks or stored in plastic drums is served which is not fit for drinking.
The owner of a restaurant in I-10 area said the water supplied by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) was fit for human consumption. He and his family like others used tap water at home, he added.
When his attention was drawn towards water filtration plants installed by the CDA in every sector, he said his customers never complained regarding serving unfiltered water.
Replying to a question, Food Inspector Muhammad Asif Tanveer said that the food department has started an operation against all restaurants which serve unhygienic food and water to the customers.
Last month owners of 50 restaurants were challaned while five were sealed, he added.
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, who mostly eats food from restaurants, said in the absence of strict check and balance the owners served food prepared in unhygienic conditions with unfiltered water.
The owners were least concerned about their customers’ health, rather their main objective was to earn money with minimum expense, he added.
He said it should be made mandatory for all restaurants to have water filtration facility at their premises with certificate from food department authorities that filtered water was fit for human consumption.
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