KARACHI, Feb 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday inaugurated two water supply schemes under which the Orangi and Baldia townships will start getting an additional six million gallons of water per day.

The localities which will benefit from the Baldia Town’s 44-inch dia pipeline project laid at a cost of Rs850 million include Manghopir, Yousuf Goth, UC-4 bus terminal, Musharraf Colony, Fareedabad, Naval Colony, Suparco, Dawood Goth and Gulshan-i-Ghazi.

The localities which will get additional water through the Orangi Town’s 11-km-long 24-inch dia trunk line laid between Hub reservoir and German pumping station at a cost of over Rs410 million include the town’s UC-6, Lal Shahbaz Colony, Raees Amrohvi Colony, Mansoor Nagar, Gulshan-i-Bihar, Ghaziabad, Bewa Quarters, Khalidabad, Salimabad, Orangi 11½, Sector 14, Shah Willayat Colony, Shah Waliullah Nagar and Baloch Colony.

Speaking on the occasion, the nazim said that with the commissioning of the two schemes, almost all the works relating to water and sewerage schemes in the city had been completed.

He said that a generator had been installed at a cost of Rs6 million to ensure a regular supply of water to the residents of hilly areas in Orangi Town.