KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he was planning to introduce institutional reforms in Karachi Water Board for which he is looking for international support.
He said this while talking to the German Ambassador, Tilo Klinner, who called on him along with his Consul General in Karachi, Rainer Schmiedchen. Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput also attended the meeting.
The chief minister while talking about the development of infrastructure of the city for which he was lauded by the visiting German envoy said that time has come to resolve water shortage issue of the city he has a plan to restructure water board by introducing institutional reforms.
The water board has a limited capacity to distribute water in the megalopolis city efficiently and distribute and collect water bills. “I want to make this organization scientifically efficient and the work of reforms would start once the K-IV project is commissioned,” I would appreciate if German experts extend their support and cooperation.
The visiting German Ambassador appreciated the chief minister saying that he had enjoyed his travel on Shahrah-i-Faisal and it has been improved tremendously.
Talking about development in Thar, the chief minister said that road infrastructure from Karachi to Thar on both routes, via Hyderabad and Thatta, has been developed.
“Thar is giving a beautiful look with vast road network and now its natural beauty has emerged with heavy rains which turned its mounds of sand lush green,” he said and added that the work on coal mining and installation of power plant was going on with full speed. “We have had our maiden landing of Lear Jet on the airstrip of Thar airport- it means the airport has become some sort of functional, however, work on its other necessary facilities is going,” he said informed.
The chief minister said that there was lot of investment opportunities in Thar in energy sector and now with the construction of airport air travel has become easy and time saving. “We have also vast investment opportunities in renewable energy for which German investors have shown interest, “If the German ambassador can take it up with your investors on your level it might mature early”.
On this the visiting envoy said that he was also interested to invite German investors and the government to support Sindh in different sectors, particularly in water and sanitation projects in the city.
Published in Daily Times, July 23rd , 2017.
