The Sindh government's Public Sector Development Programme (PSPD) for fiscal year 2026-27 has earmarked tens of billions of rupees for infrastructure projects in Hyderabad, focusing on roads, water supply, drainage, and irrigation. The Sindh Local Government Department (SLGD) alone has proposed an allocation of approximately Rs9 billion for 105 schemes in the province's second-largest city, where residents have historically seen only short-lived benefits from development initiatives.
Major Road Projects
The SLGD has set aside about Rs6 billion for 27 schemes valued between Rs100 million and Rs710 million specifically for Hyderabad. An additional Rs3 billion will be spent on 78 projects with allocations under Rs100 million. The largest single allocation is for the partial ring road project, stretching 13 kilometers from Autobahn Road to Hala Naka intersection on the city outskirts. Initially costing Rs2.3 billion, the project's budget was revised to Rs3.2 billion in 2024. On May 18, the provincial government nearly tripled the expected expenditure to Rs5.87 billion, with Rs709.169 million allocated for 2026-27. Work progress is expected to reach 51% by the end of June, with the completion deadline extended to June 2028, potentially leading to further cost revisions.
Underpass and Beautification
The SLGD also plans to invest Rs2.186 billion in constructing an underpass, link roads, and beautification works at Qasim Chowk, under the Cantonment Board of Hyderabad (CBH). An initial sum of Rs546.581 million (25% of the total) will be released in the next fiscal year. Another key road, over one kilometer long connecting Thandi Sarak with an underpass in Latifabad unit number 7 (also in CBH area), will receive Rs519.301 million. The total cost for widening this road is Rs1.038 billion, with completion expected before June 2027.
Road and Street Schemes
Of the SLGD's allocated schemes, 33 pertain to roads and streets that will be built or repaired using asphalt and cemented blocks.
Water Supply and Filtration Plants
Despite Hyderabad's location on the left bank of the Indus River, with three canals flowing through the city, residents frequently complain of water scarcity. The government aims to address this by constructing small-capacity filtration plants processing five to six million gallons per day (MGD). The SLGD has allocated Rs336.515 million for laying a 32-inch diameter pipeline to supply water from a 6 MGD plant in Latifabad unit number 4. Additionally, Rs125 million will be spent on a pipeline from the Khanpota filtration plant to Deh Shah Bukhari in Qasimabad. The Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation's 5 MGD plant in Ghangra Mori area is undergoing a capacity upgrade to 10 MGD at a cost of Rs1.33 billion. However, only Rs12.441 million has been set aside for this project in 2026-27, with progress expected to increase by just 1% to 80%.
