Sindh, Centre agree to settle K-IV, RBOD, Hub Dam issues amicably
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for Water Syed Khursheed Shah have agreed to settle all the outstanding issues, including K-IV, Right Bank Outfall Drain-I and III, and Hub Canal projects amicably.
This agreement was reached in a high-level meeting which was also attended by WAPDA Chairman Gen (retd) Sajjad Ghani, Water Resources Secretary Hassan Nasir Jami, Joint Secretary Maher Ali Shah, GM North Masood Soomro, and PD K-IV Aamir Mughal from Wapda and Local Govt Minister Nasir Shah, Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, P&D Chairman Hassan Naqvi, Finance Secretary Sajid Jamal Abro, LG Secretary Najam Shah, Irrigation Secretary Sohail Qureshi, and other concerned officers from the Sindh government.
The meeting was told that the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme K-IV Phase-I (260 mgd) was being constructed in Malir and Thatta districts with the objective to provide a dependable and sustainable water transmission system from its more than 100 kilometres away source of Keenjhar Lake to three reservoirs around the city to feed the Karachi water supply and distribution network.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2023.