Water supply to Karachi suspended as pipeline bursts

THATTA: The water supply to Karachi has been suspended after the 72-inch diameter pipeline at the Dhabeji pumping station burst on Sunday, ARY News reported. 

According to Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB), the 72-inch pipeline at Dhabeji burst following a power breakdown due to which four pumps were shut down and 530 million gallons of water supply to the port city was suspended.

In a statement, Chief Engineer KWSB said that the pipeline maintenance work has been started on an emergency basis and the pipeline will be repaired within 24 hours. He said that the water supply to the metropolis is continuing through alternative lines.

The main sources of water for Karachi are Keenjhar Lake and Hub dam from which water is pumped through three main bulk pumping stations located at Dhabeji, Gharo, and Hub.

Karachi gets 100 million gallons of water daily from the Dam.

The Hub Dam, located 56 km from Karachi with a total capacity of 339 feet, is extended to 24,300 acres with a gross storage capacity of 8,57,000 acre-feet water.