KARACHI: Senate’s Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives on Thursday expressed its concern over delays, cost escalation and lack of coordination between federal and provincial authorities on major infrastructure development projects in Sindh.

The projects include the bulk water supply scheme for Karachi, known as K-IV, major railway upgrade project ML-1 and motorway schemes for the province.

The meeting, held at the Sindh Secretariat, was chaired by Senator Qurat-ul-Ain Marri.

Committee members Jam Saifullah Khan, Atta-ur-Rehman, Dost Ali Jaiser, Zameer Hussain Ghumro and Ashraf Ali Jatoi attended the proceedings while Sadia Abbasi joined it online.

The committee was briefed on ongoing Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) projects for 2025–26, including the Karachi water supply K-IV project, Sukkur-Hyderabad-Karachi Motorway (M-6), Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-10) and the Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project.

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