“It is no more a dream but a reality as Ankara Dam, Swad Dam, Shadi Kaur Dam, water reservoirs in proximity of Gwadar, have been interconnected with one another in order to keep supply of potable water to Gwadar City,” said Deputy Director Town Planning Gwadar Abdul Razzaq in an interview with Gwadar Pro.

Shedding light on details, he said that around 67-km-long water transmission pipeline from Swad Dam with capacity to supply 5 Million Gallon Per Day (MGD) clear drinking water to Gwadar has been laid down at the cost of Rs. 3.8 billion.

Around 90 percent of work at Shadi Kaur Dam, he said, with capacity of 2.5 MGD safe drinking water to Chaud Daggar costing Rs. 3.5 billion has been completed. The rest of the work is likely to be finished next year, he added.

Ankara Dam, old built many years back, he revealed, with capacity of 2.70 MGD has been interconnected with both two dams that will ensure uninterrupted supply to Gwadar locals especially residing in old city.

GDA official said that government approved 1.2 MGD water desalination plant for Gwadar with the help of the Chinese grant to provide fresh potable water for the people of the Gwadar city.

Now along the PC-1 for construction of 1.2 MGD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant, he said, with allied infrastructure has been approved by the CDWP.

Meanwhile under CPEC, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved PC-I for establishment 5 MGD RO plant at the cost of Rs. 5 billion for Gwadar to purify or desalinate contaminated water of the deep sea.

GPA Chairman Naseer Ahmed Kashani said that provision of clean water to people of Gwadar is the prime focus of PM Imran Khan saying 1.2 MGD and 5 MGD water salinization plants were the part of PM South Balochistan Package.