KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday directed for acceleration of work on the K-IV augmentation project, asking the city mayor to pay close attention to the project’s quality and standard.

Presiding over a meeting to review the progress of the project, he insisted that the work on the R-1 and R-2 components of the project should be expedited.

The augmentation works consist of laying water pipes from three K-IV reservoirs to the city from as many identified routes.

Route-1, approximately 28 km long, will bring 65 million gallons of water per day (MGD) from Reservoir 1 to the Y Junction in Landhi, and Route-2 consists of 39.5km long pipe that will supply 130 MGD water from Reservoir 2 to Gulbai, while Route 3 will run from Reservoir 3 to Qasba and Banaras and will consist of 28.5 km pipe to transport 65 MGD water.

According to a CM House spokesman, the meeting was attended among others by Minister Local Govt Saeed Ghani (on video link), Mayor of Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Planning and Development chairman Najam Shah and Local Government secretary Waseem Shamshad.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2025