SITE reluctant to hand over filter plant to Wasa.

HYDERABAD -- Hyderabad SITE Association of Trade and Industry chairman Mazharul Haq Chaudhry expressed his reservations over handing over the management of SITE filter plant to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), saying that it would cause inconvenience to industrialists.

In a statement issued here on Monday, he said that although the Sindh government had taken a decision of handing over operation of filter plant following orders of the Supreme Court-mandated judicial commission on water and sanitation, the association apprehended that Wasa could not effectively carry out the task of ensuring water supply to SITE.

He said that despite being an autonomous civic body, Wasa was unable to meet demands of citizens of Hyderabad, therefore it would not be possible for it to meet requirements of...