Karachi to get 260m gallons of water daily by 2026 via K-IV project

ISLAMABAD: Karachi is set to receive 260 million gallons of clean water daily through the K-IV project by June 2026, officials told a Senate panel on Tuesday, as they called for timely financing to ensure completion of the city’s most critical water supply scheme. Construction began in September 2022 and is now 50 percent complete, according to Wapda Chairman Lt Gen (Retd) Sajjad Ghani.

Speaking during a briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on Water Resources, the Wapda chief emphasized that while water will reach Karachi on time, the distribution mechanism within the city remains undecided and may take an additional two to three years to finalize. He noted that Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has yet to issue tenders for the distribution network.

“This is becoming like power generation—we have production, but no system for delivery,” Senator Humayun Mohmand remarked, urging the federal government to take up the issue with the Sindh government. The committee, chaired by Senator Shahadat Awan, also reviewed development projects for the next fiscal year. The Ministry of Water Resources proposed 33 new water sector initiatives—including three in Sindh, 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and seven in Punjab—but none for Balochistan. Ten ongoing schemes are expected to be completed within the current fiscal year, officials said. A feasibility study for the Sindh Barrage is also planned in the next budget cycle.