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The purpose of this study is to compare the Key performance indicators (KPIs) of the water and waste waterutilities of South Asia. The KPIs shows us whether the concerned utility doing well or not by comparing its performancewith time. As South Asian countries are the developing countries, the majority of the people are poor, so the governmentcan’t apply high rates on water utilities, because due to high rates the poor will be deprived of the basic facility. In orderto cope with this situation the government always give subsidy to the people for such kinds of basic facilities. Thesesituation compel the water and waste water utility department’s officials to run the utility in the best way possible tofacilitate the citizen with least cost as much as possible. In order to achieve this goals, Performance Indicators (PIs) playa pivotal role. The data of water and waste water utilities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India is taken from InternationalBenchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET) database and then analysis of the data is alsopracticed. The findings shows that the, Water utilities of Bangladesh is running well as compared to the India andPakistan.

Sulaiman Khan, Muhammad Umar Khan, “Cross Comparison of the South Asian Water and waste Water Utilities using the Key Performance Indicators”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 76-84, May 2019.