Karachi effluent plant to be completed soon?

Published: 21 February, 2005

To fulfil the requirements of the WTO for pollution-free atmospheres in tanneries, the Pakistan Tanners Association has accelerated the work of completing the Karachi effluent treatment plant. As soon as the latest grant from the Netherlands is made available, work on the Combined Effluent Treatment Plant should be completed within a short space of time. Gulzar Firoz, chairman of PTA South Zone Environment Society, said that around 90% of the civil works have already been completed, 85% of the mechanical work and 60% of the electrics.

With the availability of a new grant of about 20 million rupees from the Dutch government, the Pakistan Tanners Association [PTA] (South Zone) Effluent Society will be able to start the construction of a conveyance system to bring the domestic sewage from the pumping station belonging to Karachi Water & Sewerage, which is located within the Karachi Industrial Area, to the effluent plant. The Dutch grant of Rs20 million is in addition to their earlier grant of Rs20 million which was in the form of consultancy charges born by their government.

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