KARACHI: The work on siphons and pipeline relating to the K-IV project that would provide water to the city started on Monday, said the project director, adding that the project was expected to be completed by June 2018.

Briefing media persons, PD Saleem Siddiqui said that the total length of the K-IV was 124 kilometres, out of which around 20km would be steel pipeline. He said that the project starts from Keenjhar Lake and connects with the city’s water supply network at Manghopir pumping station.

He said that the K-IV project would bring over 650 million gallons a day (MGD) of water to the city in three phases. The capacity of the first phase was 260 MGD; while capacity of second phase would be 260 MGD.

The capacity of phase III was 130 MGD.

He said that the work on phase I of the K-IV project that was begun in June 2016 was expected to be completed by June 2018 at a cost of Rs25.5 billion, which was being shared equally by the federal as well as the Sindh government.

He said that the work on the K-IV project was being carried out by the Frontier Works Orga­nisa­tion.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2017