| KWSB not handed over to city govt Durrani |
| Friday, 13 June 2008 | |
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Sindh Local Government (LG) Minister Agha Siraj Durrani has refuted rumours about the handing over of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to the City District Government Karachi (CDGK). Durrani said that a meeting on Thursday was chaired by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari at the Chief Minister House, wherein it was decided that City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal and Durrani would work jointly for the development of the city. When this scribe asked the minister about the reports that KWSB has been handed over to CDGK, he said for making this change the Sindh government has to issue a notification, which has not been issued by the “competent authority”. He, however, disclosed that the city Nazim had put up a demand that KWSB be handed over to CDGK, for which the Sindh government said that this demand “would be considered”. Durrani said that Mustafa Kamal had pleaded that there was a problem in water distribution for which KWSB should be handed over to CDGK. Durrani, however, opined that they (CDGK) have the right to demand for anything. The minister said he was fully alive that KWSB has a problem in water distribution but added that till the KWSB evolves a specific system the water distribution should be handed over to Pakistan Rangers. It may be noted that Rangers had handed over water distribution in Karachi to KWSB and this has been transferred to town administrations. Durrani said he was still the chairman of KWSB and was closely monitoring the performance of the Water Board, adding that he was keen to weed out corruption from the board and was trying to gather concrete evidence to take the corrupt employees to task. Apart from Durrani, the meeting was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal. During the meeting, Zardari directed that there should be no confrontation between the CDGK and provincial government and all efforts should be aimed at developing the megapolis. |
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