KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said he has been working hard to arrange funds and waiting for Nespak report of design verifications on Karachi Bulk Water Supply K-IV project.

“I am committed to complete K-IV scheme,” he said, presiding over a meeting to review the present status of the project.

The meeting was attended by Minister Local Government Saeed Ghani, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Secretary Local Government Khalid Hyder Shah, Special Secretary Local Government Niaz Soomro, MD Water Board Asadullah Khan and PD K-IV project Asad Zamin.

The chief minister was told that K-IV was planned for providing 660MDG or 1200 cusecs water to Karachi in three phases. The Phase-I of 260 MGD, Phase-II of another 260 and phase-III of 130 MGD water supply was to be completed between 2022 and 2026.

The phase-I contract was awarded to FWO in 2016 for Rs 28.187 billion that was to be completed in packages within a period of 24 months. The package-A of civil work cost Rs 15.254 billion and package-B of electrical and mechanical works was signed for Rs 12.9 billion.

The K-IV is a three-phased schemes of channels or conduits (conveyance system) only to carry water from Keenjhar (lake) to Karachi.

In 2015-16 it was realised that even if K-IV phase-I project was completed, it would not give any benefit to Karachiites because there would not be enough electricity to pump and supply water that meant there was no connectivity of bulk channel with distribution network.—PR