Asad Umar blames Sindh govt for K-IV delay.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has blamed the Sindh government for delay in execution of K-IV (Greater Karachi Water Supply Project).

The project was estimated to cost Rs25 billion about 15 years ago and it was decided at the time to fund the project on a 50:50 basis by the federal and provincial governments. The Centre had released about Rs10bn for the project until five-six years ago and then stopped further disbursements for lack of progress.

The project cost was revised to Rs120bn by the National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak) last year. L ast week, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had blamed the federal government for the project`s delay, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf government had not made avail-able committed funds for wrapping up the project.

Reacting to CM Shah`s statement, Mr Umar said on Monday that the federal government fully stood by its commitments to the project, but the Sindh government had not processed the project as yet.

In a statement issued by the planning and development ministry, Mr Umar said the federal government had been following up with the government of Sindh to move the project forward. `However, the provincial authorities have yet to process the revised project document,` he added.

The minister said the project had been experiencing delays for quite some time due to design-related issues. The provincial government engaged Nespak to review the original design of the scheme. Nespak completed the design review and submitted its report to the Karachi Water and Sanitation Board.

Mr Umar said the Sindh government had appointed a technical committee in...

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