• Water utility may get Rs700m in the current fiscal after approval from cabinet
• A subsidiary of defence production ministry is likely to undertake the ambitious project, says official
KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) has approached the Sindh government for grant of funds required for its ambitious Rs12 billion project for construction of a new canal to supply water to the metropolis from Hub Dam and rehabilitation of the existing one, it emerged on Tuesday.
Recently, the board of the KWSC had approved the project to build another canal and rehabilitate the existing one with an estimated cost of Rs12bn.
Officials said that the provincial government would release Rs700 million, under the annual development programme of the current fiscal year, shortly for the project after the approval of the Sindh cabinet in its upcoming meeting.
Karachi has two major sources of........