Project to add 65 MGD water started without provision for filtration on April 2, 2018KARACHI: A project to add 65 million gallons per day (MGD) of water from Halleji Lake via Pipri to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s (KWSB) main pipeline supplying the megacity has been kicked off without any provision for a filtration plant, Daily Times has learnt. The last time city’s water supply was enhanced was […]
Nine months into the new setup, KWSB unable to enforce terms of its agreement on March 30, 2018KARACHI: After its 23 hydrants in the city were reduced to six, one for which district, and their operations were outsourced last year, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) was required to make contractors paint water tankers in blue colour with ‘KWSB hydrant tanker service’ written on them in a visible place, in a […]
Land kept ‘for sewage treatment’ in 1989 allotted for other purposes on March 19, 2018KARACHI: The construction of a combined effluent treatment plant approved in 1989 has remained put off over the last 29 years owing to multiple allotments on a 465-acre plot set aside for the purpose. A recent survey demarcation by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the Board of Revenue [on February 19, 2018] revealed […]
KDA refuses to leave residence allotted to water board employee on March 15, 2018KARACHI: The Karachi Development Authority (KDA) has refused to vacate a residential bungalow owned by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) but under the KDA’s use as its camp office. Former Managing Director of KWSB, HashimRazaZaidi, had written a letter on February 23, before his retirement on February 27, allotting the bungalow to Zaheer […]
Does the Bureau of Supply and Prices deliver on its tasks? on March 14, 2018KARACHI: The Bureau of Supply and Prices is not performing its lawful duties to monitor and regulate commodity prices across the province, officials employed in the department allege, on condition of anonymity. They say the department’s work has been restricted only to coordinate with district administrations and to be represented as a token gesture in […]
Commission irked at slow pace of work on sewage treatment plants on March 11, 2018KARACHI: The Water Commission has expressed anger after visiting sites of the Treatment Plants I and III (TP-I and TP III). A Water Commission team headed by its chairman, Justice (retd) Amir Hani Muslim, on visiting both sites of Haroonabad TP-I and Mauripur TP-III found that no construction had been undertaken at the sites. The […]
Sindh given a week to notify umbrella municipal services body for Karachi on March 7, 2018KARACHI: Water Commission chairman Justice (retd) Ameer Hani Muslim has directed the provincial government to notify the constitution of the Municipal Services Management Board (MSMB) for the provincial capital. Announcing the directing on Monday night, the commission gave the government a week’s time to issue the notification. In a written letter, Chief Secretary, Rizwan Memon […]
KMC stops illegal construction on abattoir’s land on March 6, 2018KARACHI: Veterinary Services Department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation with the assistance of Bhains Colony police has stopped construction of a commercial complex on 5.48 acres of an abattoir’s land. KMC officials and police stopped ongoing construction of a boundary wall on the land, which was reportedly being carried out by a private builder in […]
Sindh sits on Karachi’s civic entities’ request for funds on March 2, 2018KARACHI: Sindh government has yet to make any headway in a request for funds and machinery submitted by Karachi three civic entities. On February 23, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and the Karachi Development Authority had written to the Local Government Department (LGD) seeking funds to purchase machinery needed for an anti-encroachment drive in the city. […]
SHC summons civic bodies on plea against advertising walls on March 1, 2018KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued show cause notices to the various civic authorities in the metropolis in a petition filed against construction of concrete walls on various city roads to be used for advertising. The notices were issued to the Advocate General of Sindh, the Station Commander, the Deputy Superintendent of Railway, the […]