Alkhidmat inaugurates Water  Filtration plant in Lyari

Alkhidmat Karachi’s WASH departmenthas inaugurated a new Water Filtration plant at Ghareeb Shah in Lyari, Karachi. The inauguration was done by CEO Alkhidmat Karachi Naveed Ali Baig and former MPA Sindh Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed. A large number of local residents and senior officials from Alkhidmat including Director, WASH program Gohar ul Islamwere also present. The new plant brings the total number of Alkhidmat’s filtration plants in Karachi to 61. Speaking on the occasion, Naveed Ali Baigsaid that scarcity of clean water was a major problem in Karachi and people were not getting clean drinking water easily. Contaminated water that was being supplied through pipes and tankers was a health hazard that resulted in the proliferation of water-borne diseases.Therefore, Alkhidmat was trying to provide clean drinking water wherever possible by installing Water Filtration plants in the city that were providing quality drinking water to thousands of citizens on a daily basis.Besides,Alkhidmat was also working to make people aware of the dangers of impure water. On his part, Ex-MPA Syed Abdul Rasheedsaid that Alkhidmat was serving the people in many ways, but providing clean water was one of the most important ones. He expressed his hope that residents of Lyari would benefit from the new plant and expressed his desire to establish water filtration plants in every area of Karachi. He appealed to those with means to come forward and support Alkhidmat in this effort. Lastly, residents of the area thanked Alkhidmat for its initiative and said that the new RO plant would fulfil a vital need of the area which was suffering from shortage of clean water for a long time.