Pakistan
Dr Arif Alvi stresses Wapda to accelerate efforts for timely completion of K-IV project
President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday has asked Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to increase its speed for the completion of the K-IV water supply project.
To meet the water requirements of the residents of Karachi, the project should be completed within stipulated timelines, he stressed.
President Alvi said that Karachi faced a severe water shortage and the project needed to be carried out on a fast-track basis so that clean drinking water could be provided to its citizens.
He urged the concerned stakeholders to work in close coordination for expediting work on the project to overcome Karachi’s water woes.
Wapda Chairman while giving a detailed presentation about the existing and future water requirements of Karachi apprised the participants about the timelines of the project.
He supposed that consultants would be mobilized by June 2021 and the design review of the project would be completed by October 2021.
The chairman informed that the work on the project would commence in February 2022 and would be completed by October 2023.
On the occasion, Dr Alvi assured that the Centre would extend all possible support to the authority for timely completion of the water supply project to meet the requirements of the city.
The meeting was headed by President Dr Arif Alvi regarding the K-IV Project and a briefing was given by Chairman WAPDA, Lt. Gen. (R) Muzammil Hussain, at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.