About 30 percent of construction work of the water desalination plant to supply 1.2 million gallons of clean drinking water per day to the residents of Gwadar city has been completed.
This was stated on Monday by Project Director of the under-construction Water Desalination Plant Dawood Baloch. He said it was very gratifying that the work on the project was going on at a fast pace without any hindrance.
In order to provide clean drinking water to residents of Gwadar city, almost 30 percent work has progressed on the construction of 1.2 MGD (million gallon per day) Water Desalination Plant. The desalination water plant is being completed with the Chinese grant of Rs2 billion.
The 1.2 MGD Water Desalination Plant project, he said, will be enough to meet the water demand of the Gwadar city and Gwadar port.
He said initially a 0.5 MGD Water Desalination Plant project was inked with the conduction of feasibility and survey by government of Pakistan [âŠ]
The federal government has allocated Rs600 million under its PSDP 2022-23 for setting up a desalination plant in Gwadar to fulfill the fresh water requirements of the port city.
The desalination plant in Gwadar would desalinate 5 million gallons of sea water daily to cater the needs of the port city.
The total cost of the project is estimated at around Rs3397.858 million out of which Rs1,110 million.
The project will provide 5,000 tons of fresh water per day to Gwadar residents and enterprises, greatly mitigating water shortage.
In his speech, PM thanked China for its assistance and the hard work of Chinese builders.
He said that China had donated solar power equipment to thousands of families in Gwadar and will also help building a desalination plant.
