Every drop of water Karachi receives to be filtered: Chief Secretary Sindh.

KARACHI -- Chief Secretary Sindh Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput has said that every drop of water supplied to the city would be filtered to ensure clean water supply to the citizens.

He was presiding over a meeting of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (KWSSIP) Steering Committee here at the Sindh Secretariat on Wednesday.

The meeting was attended by Senior Member Board of Revenue Baqaullah Unar, Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Local Government Syed Najam Shah, Project Director Syed Salahuddin Ahmed and other relevant officers.

The chief secretary said Sindh government was working for the rehabilitation of Karachi's water and sanitation infrastructure.

He further said that water supply and sewerage system improvement projects were being implemented in Karachi at a cost of USD 1.6 billion in collaboration with World Bank, and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

While briefing the forum, Project Director Syed Salahuddin Ahmed said that priority sewerage and water lines were being replaced in Karachi.

K-IV Augmentation works shall bring the water supply into city centre, he said, adding that new water filtration plants will be added and essential rehabilitation...