Minister orders to speed up work on K-IV project

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information & Local Government Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of work on the K-IV project and directed the concerned officials to speed up the work.

Nasir Hussain Shah was presiding over a meeting held to review the progress of the project in the office of Secretary Local Government Karachi.

The meeting was attended by Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhter, Chairman District Council Karachi Salman Abdullah Murad, MD Water Board Asad Ullah Khan, Project Director K-IV Asad Zamin and others.

On this occasion, Secretary LG Roshan Shaikh briefed the Minister about the recent development and new enhancements in the project and told that the project is inclining day by day as per the international standards.

Addressing the meeting participants Nasir Hussain Shah said that the Government of Sindh has given special consideration on the K-IV project in order to fulfill the future needs of the people of the province.

He further said that all the Sindh cabinet is fully devoted to resolving the issues of their people as per the directives of Chairman PPP.

Minister for local government said that the K-IV project has been designed to compete for the upcoming water needs of the people and the Sindh Government is fully focused to keep the entire project steps clear and clean.

“We want to overcome the future problems keeping all the stakeholders on board. We are aimed to make the project a legendary example of deliverance and transparency,” he added.

Nasir Shah said “Highly trained professionals are giving their services for the K-IV project. “We want to make the K-IV project a success,” he said. Minister Information stressed the officials to further speed up the project.

It may be recalled here that the bulk supply project was launched in 2007 during the rule of Syed Qaim Ali Shah as the Sindh chief minister. The contract of the project was awarded to the FWO by then local government minister Jam Khan Shoro.

Later, Saeed Ghani, when he was the Sindh local government minister, awarded a contract to NESPAK to find out flaws in the project as a third party. Due to the delays, the cost of the project has escalated.