KARACHI, Nov 28: An international team of experts on water and sanitation has stressed the need of setting up of a body in the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board for regulating and monitoring its various functions to bring an overall improvement in the water utility.

This observation was made by the four-member team of Water and Sanitation Programme for South Asia (WSP-SA) during their meeting with the KWSB MD, Brigadier Iftikhar Haider, at his office on Tuesday.

The WSP team was of the view that the steering committee, to be headed by city nazim, would help the water utility in improving its organisational delivery system.

Headed by senior municipal development specialist Chris Heymans, the WSP team praised the water board management for initiating reforms process.

Mr Heymans was of the view that the ongoing restructuring plan, among various other measures, including board’s efforts to improve revenue collection position, setting up of town municipal administrations’ specific hydrants after doing away with the old nine hydrants was highly commendable.

The KWSB chief informed the team that the number of branches of banks had been increased from 50 to 500 to facilitate consumers for payment of water bills. Besides, an agreement had also been signed with the Nadra for setting up of 77 kiosks where consumers can deposit their bills round-the-clock.