{"id":57440,"date":"2019-11-10T09:41:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T04:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57440"},"modified":"2020-09-25T17:58:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T12:58:51","slug":"wb-to-fund-karachi-water-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-fund-karachi-water-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"WB to fund Karachi water projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government will soon receive funding of USD 1.93 billion from the World Bank (WB) for various projects \u2014including developments aimed at improving the water situation in Karachi, a news source reported. The bank gave its approval for these funds on Friday during a meeting held at the Chief Minister (CM) house between a delegation of WB officials and CM Syed Murad Ali Shah..<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-fund-potable-water-project-for-karachi.html\">WB to fund potable water project for Karachi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CM stated that the Karachi Water Services Improvement Project is worth USD 1.6 billion and will be implemented in three phases. The USD 100 million needed for the first phase has already been approved, and was used for the institutional reform of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. The second phase will focus on major investments, such as a bulk water supply system for Karachi from the Hub dam and the Indus river, along with improvements in the sanitation system of the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hub-dams-water-level-rises-after-rains.html\">Hub Dam\u2019s water level rises after rains<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the World Bank has approved USD 328 million to finance the Guddu and Sukkur barrages. These are considered by experts to be a lifeline for the rural community in the area and an important factor in improving the agro-economy of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government will soon receive funding of USD 1.93 billion from the World Bank (WB) for various projects \u2014including developments aimed at improving the water situation in Karachi, a news source reported. The bank gave its approval for these funds on Friday during a meeting held at the Chief Minister (CM) house between a delegation of WB officials and CM Syed Murad Ali Shah.. Read: WB to fund potable water project for Karachi The CM stated that the Karachi Water Services Improvement Project is worth USD 1.6 billion and will be implemented in three phases. The USD 100 million needed for the first phase has already been approved, and was used for the institutional reform of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. The second phase will focus on major investments, such as a bulk water supply system for Karachi from the Hub dam and the Indus river, along with improvements in the sanitation system of the city. Read: Hub Dam\u2019s water level rises after rains Additionally, the World Bank has approved USD 328 million to finance the Guddu and Sukkur barrages. These are considered by experts to be a lifeline for the rural community in the area and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":48190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[13896],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-wb-to-fund-karachi-water-projects","9":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WB to fund Karachi water projects - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh government will soon receive funding of USD 1.93 billion from the World Bank (WB) for various projects \u2014including developments aimed at\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-fund-karachi-water-projects.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WB to fund Karachi water projects - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh government will soon receive funding of USD 1.93 billion from the World Bank (WB) for various projects \u2014including developments aimed at\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-fund-karachi-water-projects.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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