KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah asserted that Greater Karachi Water Supply Project known as K-IV was planned to be completed in three phases, vowing to overcome shortage of metropolis.

Speaking at groundbreaking ceremony of Greater Karachi Water Supply Project known as K-IV at CM House Murad Ali Shah noted that Karachi was receiving 600 million gallons of water per day against demand of 1,200 MGD which shows a shortfall of 600 MGD. “With fast-growing pace of urbanisation in Karachi, this demand and supply gap would continue to grow and offsetting of such demand would purely be dependent upon successful and timely completion of K-IV project which is planned to be completed in three phases of total 650 MGD.”

CM said that Karachi city has demand of 1,200 MGD water per day against which Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is providing approximately 600 MGD from two sources combined Hub Dam and Keenjhar Lake (Indus River) which means there is shortfall of around 600 MGD. CM said that K-IV Phase-I with capacity of 260 MGD was being executed by WAPDA and would be completed in 2025. He added that Sindh government has taken responsibility to execute K-IV augmentation project. He added that K-IV mainstream project could not become successful until Augmentation work was completed.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 27 2023

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