KARACHI, Oct 30: The work on the sewerage line on I.I. Chundrigar Road will be completed before Ramazan and the signalization work at Nagan Chowrangi and Banaras Chowk has been speeded up to be completed before December 31.
DCO Karachi Shafiqur Rehman Paracha inspected the ongoing works at these places on Wednesday, and directed the authorities concerned to complete the shifting of utilities at Banaras Chowk and Nagan Chowrangi before Ramazan, so that the traffic problems as
a result of these works would end.
The DCO directed the officials concerned to coordinate with KWSB engineers for early completion of the sewerage line work on Chundrigar Road and ensure the task was completed before the start of Ramazan. He also issued instructions for availability of food items to citizens during Ramazan.
CNG BUSES: The city government will provide one-window operation facilities for registration and completion of other formalities to ten transport companies that have offered to run CNG buses in the city.
This was decided at a meeting held under the chairmanship of DCO Shafiqur Rehman Paracha, here on Wednesday.
The subcommittee constituted by the city government to review the issue presented its recommendations regarding the arrangements of the terminals, the one-window operation and the fixation of fares.
The meeting was informed that the fare of these buses would be fixed according to the recommendations of the subcommittee and would be approved by the city Nazim. The fares would be notified by the Sindh government.
The meeting decided to allow the bus companies to use depots and to seek the private sector’s cooperation for the management of the depots.
The meeting attended, among others, by EDO transport Tahir Soomro, DIG traffic Saood Mirza, a representative of the city Nazim, Saleem Azhar, and other high officials. — APP
