MANSEHRA: Residents of the Mansehra city and its suburbs on Monday complained about water shortage, and demanded that they be provided connections from the recently-installed water supply line. “People of different localities are facing water shortage as borewells have dried up due to the declining underground water table. The tehsil municipal administration’s Both Khatta water […]

• Enhanced capacity on Jhelum, Chenab will increase flood, drought risks for Pakistan• At federal-provincial dialogue, Wapda chief stresses need for large dams ISLAMABAD: Around $60 billion in investment by New Delhi on storage projects along the two major western rivers — the Jhelum and Chenab — flowing from India-held Kashmir could soon become a […]

THATTA: For the fourth time in the last 15 days, the bursting of a 72-inch diameter main pipeline has halted the water supply to several areas of Karachi, resulting in the waste of thousands of gallons of water. The incident occurred on Sunday following a power breakdown at the Dhabeji pumping station, which caused the […]

Summary Summary AI Generated Summary In a scathing indictment of Karachi’s water department, the constitutional bench of the Sindh High Court expressed its exasperation with the city’s persistent water supply issues and directed the water department to supply water to the residents of Karachi directly through pipelines and not through water tankers. During the hearing, which […]

Water ‘tankers’ barrelling down the road are a common sight even in Karachi’s ‘posh’ areas, illustrating the greatest issueThe present water supply of Karachi, like that of many Eastern Cities, is insufficient. It has a capacity of only 11 to 15 million gallons per day, whereas the water demand for the city in the first stage of development […]

A constitutional bench of the Sindh High Court expressed displeasure at officials of the Karachi Water Corporation during a hearing on a petition regarding non-supply of water to a citizen’s home in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Saturday. Justice Adnanul-Karim Memon observed that the Mayor of Karachi had said water would be supplied through lines, and […]

KARACHI: The city is expected to face a daily water shortage of around 200 million gallons for at least four days as the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) begins repair work on a leaking 84-inch diameter main water line on Monday. The leak was detected in the Phase-I main water line in Block 19 […]