ISLAMABAD: The Chinese government has gifted a desalination plant of 1.2 million gallons per day (MGD) capacity for the port city of Gwadar to provide clean drinking water to its residents.
According to, Gwadar lacks clean drinking water facility whereas this desalination plant of 1.2 million gallons per day (MGD) capacity would help purify sea water and make it safe for human consumption.
The reports said that the desalination plant would be installed in Gwadar Free Zone to supply potable water to Old city area along with Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) requirement.
The project would cost $12.7 million which would be financed by the Chinese government. However, a contracting company on the basis of EPC from CIDCA would be hired for the project execution.
Almost 70 percent of the population of Gwadar was facing acute water shortage and required some 7.5 million liters of water to feed its existing population whereas the desalination plant would provide clean drinking water for the water parched masses, an official of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs told APP.
He added that the Ministry would be the supervising agency of the project. The project implementation agreement was signed on July 5, 2021 whereas the civil work would being kicked start this year and would be completed in 12 months.
