Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has allowed the water board to lift 25 MGD water from Hub Dam which is at dead level so that water shortage of Karachi could be addressed.
“This lifting would continue for next 25 days.” This was disclosed in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh CM to discuss water issues of the city, said a statement issued on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Siddique Memon, Principal Secretary Alamuddin Bullo, Commissioner Karachi Aijaz Ali Khan, Secretary Local Government Baqaullah Unar, all deputy commissioners and administrators of DMCs.
Deputy Commissioner South Saleem Rajput said that free tanker service was going on in water-short areas like Shireen Jinnah Colony, Machhar Colony, different parts of Lyari and some other areas.
He said Rs 10 million had been provided through the commissioner for development works which had also been started.
“There are 10 drains in the jurisdiction of District South. The Sindh government has provided Rs 20 million for improvement of sewerage system for which 24 schemes have been approved and tenders are being invited.”
The deputy commissioner east said there were 31 UCs in the East but only one union council was facing water shortage. He acknowledged that there were some development work issues in Gulistan-i-Jaura, Mahmoodabad and some other areas. He further commented that his district had been given a quota of 50,000 gallon of water daily. He added that garbage lifting and transfer to landfill site had been outsourced by the DMC East.
“We have given ownership to distribution of water and garbage lifting which are producing good results,” he said.
Deputy Commissioner District Central Fariduddin said that after district West his district was facing worst shortage of water. He added that sometimes it took water board 15 to 20 days to release water in its supply system. He also said that water requirement of his district was about 170 MGD but hardly 65 MGD was provided. Presently, 100 tankers were being provided daily, he added. He requested for provision of 50 more tankers daily which the chief minister ordered forthwith.
