KARACHI, Sept 25: The workers and officials concerned were taken by surprise when city Nazim Naimatullah Khan paid surprise visits on Thursday midnight to different city areas to inspect the ongoing repair and patch-up work on roads damaged by heavy rains.
The Nazim also inspected the carpeting at Shahrah-i-Iraq leading towards the Sindh High Court.
He directed that the pace of work be geared up and warned that there would be no compromise on the question of quality.
He told the engineers and other officers concerned to ensure their presence on their relevant sites during the night time as well. He reiterated that the repair of roads would be completed within two months.
The roads in the schedule of the repair and patch-up include Urdu College to Peoples Chowrangi en-route Jail Chowrangi, from 25th to 27th Sept; Peoples Chowrangi to Jail Road en-route M.A. Jinnah Road and Jail Chowrangi to Hasan Square; 28th and 29th Sept; Mangopir Road en-route Lolen Bridge to Garden Signal and Welcome Sign Board to Orangi Nullah Bridge; 30th Sept to 3rd Oct; Tariq Road to Shaheed-i-Millat Road to Allahwali Chowrangi en-route Sindhi Muslim Society to Shahrah-i-Faisal, 4th to 7th Oct; Old M.A. Jinnah Road en-route Neti Jeti Pul to Keamari, 26th and 27th Sept; Shahrah-i-Orangi to Banarus Chowk to Islam Chowk, 26th to 30th Sept; Madina Chowk Road to Shell Petrol Pump en-route Mominabad, 1st and 2nd Oct; Faqeer Colony to Hub River Road Graveyard, 4th to 6th Oct; Major Anwar Shamim Road to Mango Pir Road to Qalandri Chowk, 8th and 9th Oct; Shahrah-i-Iraq Saddar Town, 24th and 25th Sept; Jahangir Road, 27th and 28th Sept; Business Recorder Road, 29th Sept to 1st Oct; Tannery Road, 2nd and 3rd Oct; Shah Abdul Bhitai Road, 4th and 5th Oct; 8000-Road from Jam Sadiq Bridge to Singer Chowrangi, 28th to 30th Sept; Cakora Nullah Pul to Shama Shopping Centre, Shah Faisal Colony, 7th to 10th Oct; 3000-Road Malir Bund to 12000-Road Korangi, 1st and 2nd Oct; Korangi Crossing Road to PAF Base Korangi Creek, 4th to 6th Oct; Altaf Brelvi Road to Sabzi Mandi en-route Sindhi Hotel, 26th to 30th Oct; S. M. Taufeeq Road, 1st Oct; University Road en-route Hasan Square to Nipa, 24th and 25th Sept; Gulistan-i-Johar Chowrangi to Rashid Minhas Road and Gulistan-i-Johar Chowrangi to Shamama Shopping Centre, 26th to 30th Sept; Rashid Minhas Road, Askari Petrol Pump to Malir River Bridge, 1st Oct.—APP\PPI