ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to execute a Rs 47 billion Ghazi Brotha Water Supply project to meet water requirements of the city, sources said.
They said the city would face severe water shortage by the end of next year if work on the project was not started during current fiscal year. Currently, the CDA is supplying 51 million gallons daily (MGD) water to the residents against their requirements for 125 MGD, they said, adding, the authority was facing 60 per cent shortfall in water supply. They said the water supply to the city residents would be reduced to only 20 MGD by the end of next year. They said rusty and decade-old pipelines were causing wastage of 30 per cent of 51 MGD. A Japanese company, JICA, has released millions of rupees funds to the CDA for the project, but the latter had spent the allocations on "unnecessary projects'. The sources said refusal by Sindh and NWFP governments for provision of water to Punjab was allegedly hindering completion of the project. They said the CDA had formed a committee, comprising people of Sindh and NWFP living in Islamabad, which would try to convince the NWFP and Sindh officials regarding the provision of water.
