KARACHI: April 7: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Friday that the water and sewerage related problems of Baldia Town would be resolved on a permanent basis within a few months.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony to lay a new waterline for the residents of union councils of 6, 7 and 8 Baldia Town from Hub reservoir, he said Rs90 million was being spent on installing new water and sewerage infrastructures in Baldia Town.

The 6,200-feet long and 16-inch diameter pipeline is being laid down from Hub Reservoir at an estimated cost of Rs20 million and will be completed in six months.

After its completion, all of Baldia Town will receive water for 28 hours after every 48 hours.

Elaborating the details, he said the work to supply water in UCs 2, 3, 5, 7 at an estimated cost of more than Rs20 million continues while a new line is being laid in Gulshan-i-Ghazi at an estimated cost of Rs30 million.

A sewerage infrastructure in UC 5, Saeedabad is also being laid for the first time with 8, 12 and15-inch diameter pipeline at an estimated cost of Rs17.5 million, while a 36-inch diameter trunk sewer is being laid in UCs 1, 2, 3 and 4 for sewerage at a cost of Rs17.5 million. These projects will be completed in few months.

He said in all four industrial zones of the city, projects of water and sewerage worth Rs4.5 billion will be completed in the current year.

Additional Vice Chairman of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Muhammad Moin Khan, MPA Idrees Siddiqui, Town Nazim Kamran Akhtar, and others were present on the occasion.