The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), Misbahuddin Farid, has expressed optimism that the World Bank would provide financial assistance for the K-4 water supply project for the metropolis.
He was talking to the World Bank (USAID Pakistan) Programme Manager, Khalid Saleem, and Country Team Leader of Water and Sanitation Programme for South Asia, Masroor Ahmed. A KSWB statement on Friday said that Misbahuddin Farid briefed about the situation pertaining to the water supply and sanitation. He informed that the government of Sindh has included Rs 26 billion K-4 water supply and S-III sewerage project of Rs 16 billion in the next year’s budget. The KWSB chief hoped that like the K-2 project, the World Bank would also provide financial assistance to K-4 project.
He said that at the moment the main issue is the provision of improved water supply facility to the Karachites and its industrial and commercial concerns. The KWSB chief said that Karachi is commercial and economic hub and for the continuation of industrial process water was a basic element.
