K-IV Project KB Feeder Lining Begins to Boost Karachi’s Water Supply
Lining work of the 38-mile-long KB feeder has recently started under the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme commonly known as K-IV.
Murad Ali Shah said that the project will ensure an enhanced water supply of 9,800 cusecs to Karachi to meet the water needs of the provincial capital.
Currently, KB Feeder is not carrying flows as per its designed discharge of 9,100 cusecs and usually carries 7,600 cusecs of water.
“The World Bank assisting with the project,” Sindh’s chief minister said.
Commenting on the chronic water shortage problem, the chief minister said that not a single drop of the water of Sindh’s share allowed to be reduced.
The KB Feeder canal takes off from Kotri Barrage and ends in Thatta to feed Keenjhar Lake, the potential principal source of water for Karachi.
The project was conceived by the Sindh irrigation department in order to conserve water in KB Feeder so that it could be provided for K-IV.
Out of the total Rs39 billion cost of the project, the federal and Sindh governments would share 50-50pc cost, according to officials.
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