Central Development Working Party approves Karachi's Rs172bn K-IV project, eyes completion by June next year

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ISLAMABAD: The Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) is facing a massive 975 per cent cost escalation to Rs172 billion and a huge time overrun of over 13 years, even though it is far from completion and the total capacity has been reduced by two-thirds.