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Karachi’s water supply project K-IV will be completed and start functioning by 2023, says Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).
Addressing a ceremony on Thursday, Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Lt. Gen. (retd) Muzammil Hussain signed four agreements of Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, generally called as K-IV.
State minister Farrukh Habib and Austrian ambassador also attended the meeting which was being held in Islamabad.
“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 the year 2023,” Gen. Muzammil said.
Project Director K-IV Amir Mughal said that 15 companies had expressed interest in the project. “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 an additional supply of 650 MGD to bridge the deficit of water supply in Karachi, he added.
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.
This mega project for the Cosmopolitan city has been pending for last many years.
