Water Commission asked to take up the ban with ECP on April 25, 2018KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has stopped work on installation of 310 water meters at 155 pumping stations across the city on the directives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the civic entity informed the Water Commission at the last hearing. Meanwhile, the civic entity has requested Justice (retd) Ameer Hani […]
Some respite for water-deprived district west areas on April 21, 2018KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has started supplying additional 70 million gallon of water per day (MGD) to district west areas, under a water supply contingency plan. As many as 109 other areas of the city will also get water under a rescheduled plan. Water supply to these areas has been designed on […]
NAB team arrests an official during raid at LGD office on April 19, 2018 National Accounta-bility Bureau (NAB) Karachi, in a raid at the office of the local government secretary arrested an official, besides taking into custody official appointments record, officials of NAB confirmed on Wednesday. After investigating officials present on the scene, the NAB team held Ramzan Solangi, the private secretary to the LGD secretary. The raid […]
Water Commission directs Sindh to transfer Rs500m to KMC on April 18, 2018KARACHI: The water commission has directed the chief secretary (CS) on Tuesday to transfer Rs500 million to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s account, besides restoring responsibility of construction work on Gujjar Nullah and Mehmoodabad Nullah to civic entity within 24 hours, officials of KMC have revealed. The Sindh government, in a notification, had handed over the […]
Abbasi Shaheed, KIHD oppose new procurement arrangement on April 17, 2018KARACHI: Officials in-charge of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Institute of Heart Disease (KIHD) have declared new procurement arrangements for the two facilities to be in violation of the rules of business of the Sindh Public Procurement Regularity Authority. Speaking to Daily Times on Monday, They said the new arrangement was an attempt to infringe […]
Sindh govt sitting on draft law on sub-soil water use on April 16, 2018KARACHI: A document prepared for legislation on sub-soil water usage has been lying with Jam Khan Shoro, provincial minister and chairman of the KWSB, since nine months, Daily Times has learnt. The civic entity had sent the document to frame a comprehensive law for use of sub-soil water and to avert declining water table and […]
NAB confiscates license of six hydrants during raid on April 13, 2018KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi during raids confiscated record of six licensed hydrants in six districts of the city. NAB officials also recorded statements of Karachi Water & Sewerage Board officials and representatives of hydrants contractors who were present there. NAB officials said that this action was taken on reports of kickbacks in contracts, […]
Construction work started on Gujjar, Mehmoodabad drains on April 12, 2018KARACHI: The construction work has been initiated at Gujjar and Mehmoodabad nullahs to be completed at a cost of Rs1,780 million, officials of the Karachi Development Authority said on Wednesday. The development comes at a time when the Water Commission has directed Waseem Akhtar, the city mayor, and other officials to ensure shifting of civic […]
KWSB hires consultant to set up 50-MW power station on April 6, 2018KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has hired a consultant to set up a 50 megawatts power station, officials said on Thursday. Usmani Associates has been selected to evaluate the cost, site and other modalities of the project. The power station will be a part of the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply (K-IV), […]
Vacancies, ghost employees leave civic authorities incapable for the task on April 5, 2018KARACHI: The provincial administration admitted before the Water Commission last week that presence of ‘ghost employees’ – a term used frequently to refer to official posts filled by personnel who don’t show up at work but keep getting paid for it – was among a key reason why the solid waste management authorities in Karachi […]