Karachi, July 05, 2018 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Fazal-ur-Rehman on Thursday held a joint meeting of Association of Builders And Developers (ABAD) and Local Government Department [KWSB, SBCA] here at the CM House. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Environment and Coastal Development Mukhtiar Soomro, Secretary to CM Hafeez Umrani, Secretary Local Government Khalid Hyder Shah, MD KWSB Khalid Shaikh, DG Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) Iftikhar Qaimkhani, Chairman ABAD M. Arif Yousif Jeewa, Sohail Warind, Altaf Tai, Junaid Ashraf and others.
The ABAD representatives told the chief minister that their more 400 NOC application for launched projects were pending with water board for last many months. The MD water board, Khalid Shaikh said that when water was not available in the system how he could issue NOCs for new water connection. He added that the water board would start issuing NOCs when K-IV, a bulk water project would be completed.
He also quoted a Supreme Court decision under which he could not issue NOCs until and unless more water is provided to Karachi. As this the chief minister directed the MD to get the court decision interpreted. He also constituted a four-member committee, two from ABAD and one from KWSB and other one from SBCA to sit together and settle the issue and report him.
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