Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said starting from 2002, the project was used to be an example of ill-planning and had faced immense delay.
Addressing the ground breaking ceremony of the K-IV project in Karachi, Syed Murad Ali Shah said that the project would accumulatively cost around Rs200 billion which could have been around Rs100 billon had it been started timely.
He said storage of Keenjhar Lake would have to be enhanced as the Irrigation Department has already proposed a project for the water body’s expansion.
He urged the federal government to ensure provision of funds for timely completion of the project.
Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori said under the leadership of prime minister and Foreign Minister Bilawal, the project was moving ahead.
He said for the first time, the federal and provincial government were on the same page to execute the much delayed project.
He said the May 9 like incidents had united the nation and thwarted the designs of the miscreants.
WAPDA Chairman Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd)
In his address, WAPDA Chairman Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Retd) said K-IV water project would supply 650 million gallons of water to Karachi. The first phase would provide 260 million gallons and 390 million gallons to be supplied in the second phase.
He said under the project, a 111 kilometer long pipeline would be laid from Keenjhar Lake to Karachi.
The first phase would cost Rs126 billion as Rs33 billion had already been spent on the project.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Water Resources Minister Syed Khursheed Shah, Maritime Affairs Minister Faisal Sabzwari, Syed Qaim Ali Shah and others were also present.
