Pakistan, June 27 -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday directed the Karachi water board to ensure the operational readiness of TP-I of the S-III project by the end of August, while also expediting work on TP-IV to achieve completion within the next year.

The meeting, held at CM House, was attended by Minister for Planning and Development Nasir Shah, Minister for Local Government Saeed Ghani, and Mayor of Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, Chairman P&D Najam Shah, Secretary LG Waseem Shamshad, DG PPP Unit Asad Zamin, Secretary to CM Zaman Narejo and CEO Water Board Ahmad Ali Siddiqui.

The S-III project is poised to address Karachi's pressing wastewater management challenges, currently estimated at ...