PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday criticised prime minister Shehbaz Sharif over the inordinate delay in the K-Iv Water Project, Saying He Had Expected the Premier to Demonstrate the Sameeed and Efficiency in Karachi as he does in Lahore.
Launched in the early 2000s to Ease Karachi’s Water Woes, the K-IV Project has faced delays and cost hikes. With Just RS3.2 Billion Allocated Against the RS40bn Needed, Officials Fear Completion COULD BE PUSHED BACK ANOTHER Decade.
Addressing an inauguration ceremony of a new canal for Karachi from Hub Dam, Bilawal Sawid: “The K4 Project, We Had Had Hoped For Shehbaz Speed, But Karachi Got Shehbaz Slow. Shehbaz Speed and Karachi Gets Shehbaz Slow, So I will require the Prime Ministry to Complete the Promises As Quickly As Possible Regarding The K4 And this City. “
Bilawal was referring to the famed ‘Punjab Speed’, a Term Coined to Describe PM Shehbaz’s Swift and Efficient Governance As Chief Minister of Punjab.
Islamabad’s Budget Allocation Had Triggered A kind of Rift Between The PML-N and the PPP-Allies in the Ruling Coalition.
The Sunh Government Had Expressed Strong Reservations Over The “inadequate Allocation” in the Federal Budget, Saying It was taking the matter very seriously and in the process of reviewing the entire Budgeet.
“We have serous concreas not only about this project but also the K-4 Initiative,” Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon Had Said. “The funds allocated are highly inadequate.
He had stressed the need for fiscal discipline and smarter resource management at the federal level.
“We’ve Submitted Formal Proposals to the Prime Minister and Urged the Federal Government to Cut Down on Unnecessary Expenditures,” He said. “If the revenue is not incraaking, it has been an estimate to control expenditures.
Meanwhile, the new hub canal, a significant intention of the provincial government aimed at the water woies of the city, will be added 100 million gallons of water day (MGD) to the support.
The Hub canal Project, Approved in 2022, Included the Construction of a New Canal and the Rehabilitation of the Old Hub Canal To Furter Increase Water Supply The Project Included Upgrading The Hub Pumping Station, Rising Main, and Hub Filter Plant from 80 mgd to 100 mgd.
Bilawal said the water from the new canal would be supplied to the Central, East and Keamari district, hoping that would be supplied to lyari and the islands in the future as well.
He said Restoration of the old canal was also underway and added that the party would try to secure within 200 mgd for Karachi.
