KARACHI, March 17: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that work on water supply schemes in Gulistan-i-Jauhar was in progress at a cost of Rs66 million and all the water and sewerage problems of the locality would be solved by the end of this year.

At the inauguration of a sewerage development work in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, he said roads were being constructed in the area at a cost of Rs600 million. The work on the new sewerage line would continue round the clock and would be completed during the next three months. He said 30-year-old water and sewerage problems would be solved in the next three months and the situation would not turn bad during the next 50 years.

Commenting on the poor sewerage system in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, the nazim said sewage was the main reason for destruction of the roads, which was also causing loss of millions of rupees to the city government every year. He said his party did not believe in false commitments, but taking practical steps for the uplift and development.

About other schemes in the area, he said work was fast going on laying of 8, 12, 15, 18 and 24 inch dia sewerage lines from Pahlawan Goth to Samama Shopping Centre and Jauhar bridge to Jauhar Chowrangi. He said for up gradation and improvement of the existing sewerage system 6,000 running feet pipes of 24-inch-dia, 19,800 running feet lines of 18-inch-dia, 4,308 feet long lines of 15-inch-dia, 5,504 feet pipes of 12-inch-dia and 1,500 feet of 8-inch-dia pipes were being laid while 450 manholes would also be constructed.