‘Sindh gov’t hoping to provide 120 million gallons of potable water to Karachi’

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab on Friday said that the Sindh government is hoping to provide 120 million gallons of potable water supply per day via a desalination plant to Karachi.

The administrator said this at the Institute of Business Administration while speaking at the “Karachi Agay Barhnay Ka Rasta (Karachi the way forward)” discussion.

He said that 70 million gallons of water is coming via a canal and they are also working on bringing water from Haleji.

“The third thing we are doing is working on seawater. We will make it possible to supply water to the citizens through desalination plants,” he added.

“The people of Karachi voted in 2018 to abolish the status quo but they could not get the results. The Sindh government has done a lot of development work in Karachi in the last few years,” claimed the Sindh government spokesperson.

He said that Karachi gets water from Kenjhar and Hub Dam and both the sources are operated under the federal government.

“Karachi gets 550 million gallons of water which is 45% of the total consumption. The Sindh government is doing three things that can solve the water problem,” he added.

The event was attended by IBA Executive Director Dr Akbar Zaidi, ambassadors of different countries, dignitaries of the city and a large number of students.