Govt releases Rs 400 mln for water treatment plant at Gwadar

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (APP):The federal government has released Rs 400 million under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19 for the project of necessary facilities of fresh water treatment, water supply and distribution in Gwadar to fulfill the fresh water requirements of the port city.
For this project, the government had allocated a total of Rs 1000 million for the year 2018-19 while a foreign aid worth of Rs 200 million would also be spent on this project during the year, a latest data issued by ministry of Planning, Development, and Reform said.
The total cost of the project which is also part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is estimated at around Rs 11.396 billion out of which Rs 2.615 have been utilized up to June 2018.
The project is aimed at implementing water supply, distribution system, desalination plant, sewerage collection system and treatment plant as planned in the Master Plan of Gwadar as a mega port city in the medium term (2030) and long-term (2050) scenarios.
This project will aim at catering future water demand and sewage disposal systems in Gwadar required for Deep Sea Port, its associated industry, and the city itself.
Based on initial topographic surveys, economic, and environment studies reports are generated in the Gwadar City Master Plan (2002) with conceptual layouts.
According to official documents, the PC-I for 5 MGD RO plant for Gwadar had already been cleared by Central Development Working Party (CDWP) while Phase-1-lying of pipelines from Swad Dam to Gwadar was also near completion.