MD KW&SB Engineer Syed Salahuddin Ahmed along with the World Bank delegation visited the K-4 Intake Point Chalia Thatta and inspected and reviewed the progress and ongoing works in detail on the K-4 Phase One Project of the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, While during the visit, bulk water system of Water Board along with Dhabejee Pumping Station and Pipri Filter Plant were also inspected.
On this occasion, the World Bank delegation included Country Director for Pakistan Najy Benhassine and Operation Manager for Pakistan Gailius Draugelis, While COO KW&SB Engineer Asadullah Khan, Chief Engineer Bulk Sikandar Zardari, Chief Engineer E&M Intekhab Ahmed Rajput, PD K-4 Wapda Aamir Mughal and other senior officials of Water Board and WAPDA were also present during the visit.
On the occasion of the visit, COO KW&SB Engineer Asadullah Khan and PD K-4 Amir Mughal also gave a detailed briefing to the World Bank delegation regarding the project, COO KW&SB Engineer Asadullah Khan while giving a briefing said that the main objective of the K-4 phase one project of Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme is to improve and sustain the water delivery system in Karachi, K-4 Project Phase One 260 MGD is under construction in Thatta and Malir districts, The project will be able to provide water to Karachi with the help of three reservoirs from Keenjhar Lake Thatta, 100 km away, PD K-4 Wapda Aamir Mughal while giving a briefing said that 650 MGD structure is being constructed under the K-4 project and 650 MGD gravity channel to Kenjhar Pump.
ing Complex is to be constructed, Under the 260 MGD K-4 project, three reservoirs and pumping stations will be constructed near the Northern Bypass, NEK Old and Pipri Filter Plant, He said that completing the K-4 project as soon as possible is among our top priorities, In this regard, measures are being taken on an emergency basis for the early completion of the project, INSHA ALLAH the project will be completed in its scheduled time, On this occasion, CEO / MD KW&SB Engineer Syed Salahuddin Ahmed said that K-4 is a very important project to solve water shortage in Karachi city.
He said that the K-4 Project will enable the citizens to improve the water supply system and meet their needs, CEO KW&SB while expressing his satisfaction on the fast paced work on the project, said that the Water Board will fully support and cooperate with Wapda to complete the project as per the scheduled time, He further said that we are hopeful that the Wapda officials will complete the K-4 projects within the stipulated time with their professional and expert skills, It should be noted that the K-4 project has been designed to supply 650 million gallons of water per day to Karachi from the Kenjhar Lake of the Indus River, While the completion of the first phase of the K-4 project will provide 260 million gallons of water per day to the city of Karachi, the federal government has entrusted the responsibility of construction of the first phase of this project to Wapda.
