ISLAMABAD: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and the government of Balochistan signed a water purchase agreement for Gawdar city on Friday. The agreement was signed by Balochistan Chief Secretary Haque on behalf of provincial government and FWO Director General Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal. Under the agreement, FWO has committed to providing 2 MGD of desalinated drinkable water to Gwadar city through insulation of a reverse osmosis desalination plant within a timeframe of six to eidht months. The FWO has also committed to providing 0.2MGD of desalinated water within the timeframe of three months to overcome the scarcity of water in the port city. Due to lack of rain and the resultant drought-like situation this initiative of the FWO has received huge appreciation from public and local residents of Gwadar. Published in Daily Times, February 6th 2018.