MULTAN, Jan 9: The City Tehsil Municipal Administration will spend Rs13.8 million on the preparation of a feasibility report for a master plan of the city.

The programme aimed at meeting the future requirements of the civic amenities in the wake of expansion of the town's boundaries.

This was decided at the 45th meeting of the Multan Development Authority's governing body. CTMA Nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar chaired the meeting. The Nazim said expansion of the city alongside the Bosan Road had created enormous civic problems, including traffic pressure.

Therefore, he said, the CTMA in collaboration with the MDA had planned to develop a new housing sector in order to give the city a new vision. He said developers from Lahore would be called to invest for creating new housing facilities in Multan.

According to the new vision being given to the city by the municipal administration, there would be separate residential colonies for people belonging to different strata of society.

The MDA governing body decided that the fine against violation of building map rules be increased by a maximum of 50 per cent rather than the proposed 100 per cent raise.

It earmarked Rs47.2 million for electrification of Model Town phase-III and Shah Shams Town, regularization of 27 work charge employees in accordance with the order of the Lahore High Court and enhancement in the pensions of retired MDA employees.

The body also approved several amendments to the Service Regulations, 1980, under which the employees working in junior scales would now get opportunities to be promoted in the next grades.

The meeting directed the Water and Sanitation Agency to speed up its campaign for the recovery of outstanding dues and announce certain incentives for consumers if they paid dues well in time.