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PPP Sindh Government unable to make progress on desalination plant for Sindh
Origional Story September 2018 (Election year hype)
Sindh cabinet plans to install desalination plant in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (SM) Murad Ali Shah chaired a meeting of the provincial cabinet on Monday in which it was decided that a 300 million gallon desalination plant will be installed in Karachi.
Hub Power Company (Hubco) proposed that a 300 million gallon desalination plant be installed to deal with Karachi’s water crisis.
The agenda for the meeting included the water crisis in Karachi, a tentative ban on plastic bags and matters pertaining to the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) and appointment of judges in anti-terrorism courts.
According to authorities, the desalination plant will be installed near Hub. The Sindh CM also sought help from Hubco to generate electricity from garbage in Karachi.
The new Sindh cabinet was sworn in on August 19, with eight ministers and two advisers taking oath during the first phase of the cabinet formation.
Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho (Health, Population Welfare), Seth Hariram Kishorilal (Minorities Affairs, Social Welfare & Prisons), Saeed Ghani (Local Government, Public Health Engineering, Rural Development & Katchi Abadies), Mohammad Ismail Rahu (Agriculture, Supply and Prices), Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani (Mines & Mineral Development), Makhdoom Mehboobuz Zaman (Revenue & Relief), Syed Sardar Ali Shah (Education, Culture, Tourism & Antiquities) and Shehla Raza (Women Development) formed the group of newly appointed ministers.
February 2019
Governor assures Hubco of federal govt’s support for proposed water projects
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/428705-governor-assures-hubco-of-federal-govt-s-support-for-proposed-water-projects
The federal government will provide all possible support to projects proposed by a private company to desalinate seawater and treat industrial wastewater so that the acute shortage of potable and industrial water in Karachi could be overcome.
The assurance to this effect was given by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Wednesday when he met a three-member delegation of the Hub Power Company (Hubco) led by its Chief Executive Officer Khalid Mansoor at the Governor House.
The delegation informed the governor that Hubco intended to initiate work on the installation of two plants near Karachi to desalinate seawater and recycle industrial wastewater. The governor said the availability of clean drinking water was a major civic issue of the residents of Karachi and the present government was trying to resolve the issue on a priority basis.
Ismail was informed that Hubco had discussed the matter of installing industrial wastewater recycling plant with the associations concerned of the industrial estates in the city. The delegation members said the industrial associations praised the proposed project and also showed willingness to extend their support for it.
The plants being installed to recycle industrial wastewater would be helpful in alleviating the issues of environmental degradation and non-availability of water for the industries in the city, said the delegation members.
The delegation told the governor that Hubco required support of the federal government to install the proposed plants, to which Ismail replied that the federal government would provide utmost support to the projects being conceived as they would help overcome scarcity of potable water in the city. The Centre was also willing to support power projects in the country, the governor said. Ismail also lauded Hubco for carrying out projects in the Thar area to generate electricity from indigenous coal.
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