Islamabad: Signing Of four agreements with regard to Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, commonly known as K-IV was held in Islamabad.
Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Lt. Gen. (retd) Muzammil Hussain, state minister Farrukh Habib and Austrian ambassador were attended the ceremony in Islamabad.
The Chairman WAPDA, on the occasion said the K-IV project faced delays due to inappropriate design.
He said WAPDA will accelerate work on this project in consultation with the Sindh government.
“The citizens of Karachi facing shortage of clean drinking water, there was a need of 1,300mgd water for the city,” chairman Wapda said.
“The federal government want to complete the project at its earliest,” Wapda chief said. “We will complete the K-IV water supply project and will supply water to the city in bulk by year 2023,” Gen. Muzammil said.
“The Wapda has entrusted design consultancy of the project to ILF Austria and two Pakistani companies,” he said.
“The project’s design consultancy cost is Rs. 1.14 billion,” he further said.
The K-IV, would provide additional supply of 650 MGD to bridge the deficit of water supply in Karachi, he added.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib says the federal government will complete all ongoing projects of public welfare as provision of basic facilities to the masses is one of the responsibilities of the state.
The K-IV project was initiated in 2007 and Rs25 billion was approved for its phase-I later the Wapda had taken over the project on the intervention of the federal government.
The crucial water supply project for the largest city of Pakistan has been in pending for last several years.
