KARACHI:District Municipal Corporation Central is taking a revolutionary step to ensure drinking water and spread greenery at all the parks and grounds of Karachi’s central district.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between a private NGO and DMC central in this regard. DMC Central Chairman Rehan Hashmi and chief Executive of International Brand Limited (IBL) Major General (Rtd) Mohammed Tariq Haleem Soori approached chairman with a slogan “Grow Green Pakistan” and said it should be started from the district central.
He apprised the chairman that under the plan, they wanted to install four sewerage water treatment plants with an objective to save drinking water.
The filter plants will be able to provide 50,000 gallons daily to all the parks and grounds of district central.
Each plant, according to chairman, has a cost under Rs two crores and each plant will be completed within the stipulated time period of 80 days.
The first plant at Fateh Park North Nazimabad is under construction, three others are at Block 6, Federal B area Nursery, Hockey ground 11 a North Karachi and Talibe Chaman North Nazimabad.
Chairman said DMC central would save approximately 200,000 gallons daily drinking water.
Hashmi said the DMC central gets approximately 60 to 70 mgd drinking water while Karachi is being supplied 350 mgd water and there was 30 percent leakage in DMC central.