KARACHI, Feb 1: The reorganization of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board will be carried out in order to improve its performance and keeping in view the city's growing population and present conditions.

This was stated by KWSB Managing Director Brig Iftekhar Hyder while chairing a meeting regarding restructuring of water board here on Tuesday. He said that services of skilled workers would be utilized keeping their educational ability and technical knowledge in view.

The city government was represented by Saifur Rehman, Gulshan Town Nazim Abdul Wahab, Landhi Town Nazim Jamil Ahmed Khan and City Nazim's representative Saleem Azhar.

Deputy Managing Directors Shahid Saleem, Israr Zaidi, Syed Akhlaq Hussain, Arshad Javed, Anis Farooqi, Secretary Board Mahmood Qadir, Director (Training) Tehsin Manzar and Director (Design) Javed Shamim also attended the meeting.

KWSB Managing Director Brig Iftekhar Hyder pointed out that the jurisdiction of water board had extended during the last few years while there were reports of including the Cantonment Boards into its limits where after its responsibilities would increase further.

He pointed out that while carrying out planning for future it must be ascertained as to how many more people would be needed to match the water board's limits as well as population growth. Due consideration should be given to the fact that how many people should be there in the technical department to match the population ratio.

Brig Iftekhar also called for measures to improve the KWSB's recovery position while planning for its development schemes must also be chalked out. He said that proposals should be prepared for making the training section of water board more efficient and functional.

It may be mentioned here that the restructuring of KWSB was being done on the special directive of President Musharraf while City Nazim Naimatullah Khan too had given instructions to the water board to initiate immediate measures in this regard. -APP