Karachi, Lahore Water Agencies Plan MoU After High-Level Visit

Overview

• The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation delegation, which met WASA Lahore on Wednesday, announced plans to sign a memorandum of understanding to formalize cooperation.
• Lahore officials briefed the visitors on digital control systems called SCADA, call-center helplines, solar power for sites, smart meters, wastewater plants, and underground storage tanks.
• Punjab’s housing minister said WASA has expanded to 41 districts in a year and is laying thousands of kilometers of new pipelines under a province-wide plan.
• Mayor Murtaza Wahab said Karachi needs about 1,100 million gallons of water each day but gets about 550 MGD, with supplies drawn from roughly 125 kilometers away.
• He cautioned that Karachi–Lahore comparisons do not help the country, while an editorial in The Nation argued comparison is a fair check on performance and called for results.