Publication: Reform of Gujranwala Water and Sanitation Agency : Design of Institutional Framework and Corporate Structure
Date
2009-03-31
ISSN
Published
2009-03-31
Author(s)
Ali Shah, Syed Mansoor
Abstract
WASA-G is an agency established by the
Authority under the Punjab Development of Cities Act, 1976
('PDCA') to 'carry out functions of the
authority in relation to development, operation, and
maintenance of water supply, sewerage and drainage system
within the boundaries of Gujranwala Development Authority
(GDA) and to carry out all functions ancillary hereto.
Authority means the development authority i.e, GDA created
under PDCA. One of the functions of the authority is to
establish an agency or agencies and entrust to it such
powers and functions as it may deem fit with the approval of
the Government. The functions of water supply, sewerage and
drainage have been 'entrusted' to WASA-G, an
agency of the authority under the PDCA. There is no further
detail in PDCA regarding the legal structure of the agency.
WASA-G is, therefore, no more than a wing or department of
the authority entrusted with a specific function of water
supply, sewerage and drainage and matters ancillary thereto
and does not enjoy an autonomous legal status. The authority
is therefore the service provider (through WASA-G) and the
regulator. Further, the authority can give direction to
government agencies to execute the scheme, if falling within
the jurisdiction of the government agency.
Citation
“Ali Shah, Syed Mansoor. 2009. Reform of Gujranwala Water and Sanitation Agency : Design of Institutional Framework and Corporate Structure. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/157b3091-0bc5-57d1-b695-e736e8247123 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”