Rawalpindi: The federal government has decided to establish a technical committee for devising plans with respect to the development of the Ghazi-Barotha project, a news source reported.
The committee will decide whether to launch the proposed water scheme on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, or through a public-private partnership arrangement.
As per reports, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have finalised the members of the committee.
The Ghazi-Barotha initiative was expected to be completed at a cost of PKR 17 billion when it was first proposed in 2006. Furthermore, it was slated for completed by 2013. But a lack of funds prevented its commencement.
The incumbent government hopes to complete this 13-year-old water scheme in a phased manner. A 60-kilometre-long, eighty-inch-wide pipeline will be installed to collect water from Tarbela, and supply it to a water treatment plant at Sangjiani.
Upon the project’s completion, the residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi would receive over 200 million gallons of water on a daily basis – as per official estimates.
