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KARACHI, Dec 4: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim, Muhammad Wasey Jaleel, on Sunday inaugurated the expansion project of Sehba Akhtar Road in the town’s Union Council No 8, said a statement.
Mr Jaleel, during the project’s inaugural ceremony, said development of the road network was their priority.
He said the expansion of Sir Shah Suleman Road was also being carried out to ensure a smooth and free flow of traffic.
Negligence will not be tolerated in this regard, he said.
The Nazim of UC-8, Rehan Raees, thanked Mr Jaleel for the road’s inauguration project and expressed his commitment to make UC-8 a model area of the town.
The statement also said that Mr Jaleel along with Nazim of UC-2 Rasheed Todal and other town staff visited various areas of UC-2 and directed the sanitary staff to remove encroachments from the footpath at Dhoraji so that passage could be given to pedestrians.
Upgradation work of the sewerage network at Bahadurabad was also reviewed.
The Gulshan Town nazim also directed concerned officials to paint the boundary walls of the women park in Block 14, while further directing the staff to ensure the cleaning of Alamgir Road.
Progress on all these instructions will be reviewed on the town nazim’s next visit, he said.
The nominated naib-nazim of Gulshan Town, Shoaib Akhtar, TMO Faisal Ahmed Bukhari, TO-Infrastructure Sami Khan, DTO (B&R) Mubeen Siddiqi and others were also present.
ORANGI TOWN: The Nazim Orangi Town, Abdul Haq, has asked the town’s union council nazims, naib-nazims and councillors to develop coordination so that the problems of people can be resolved.
He said this while addressing a meeting of nazims, naib-nazims and councillors of various UCs of the town, according to a statement issued on Sunday.
All participants of the meeting appreciated the town nazim on holding of the meeting and apprised him about the problems of their areas.
He asked the representatives to coordinate with each other and show their active participation in public welfare works in their respective UCs.
Abdul Haq said town officials should also present their suggestions regarding the resolution of problems of people to the administration of the city government and to their concerned town and UC administrations.
The statement also said fumigation of insecticidal spray and a cleanliness campaign were under way in the town.
The town nazim observed that concerned UC nazims had been working round the clock and supervising the cleanliness and fumigation drives in their respective UCs.
Abdul Haq along with the TMO, Qamar Shaikh, visited Block-L of Tauheed Colony to review the encroachment situation.
LANDHI TOWN: The Landhi Town Nazim, Muhammad Ismail Qureshi, has directed the town’s staff to reduce the town’s monthly petrol expenses of about Rs0.5 million and utilise the savings on its development.
He directed this while presiding over a fortnightly meeting of the town staff, said a statement on Sunday.
By reducing the monthly petrol expenditures of the town, some Rs6 million was expected to be saved annually, the statement read.
He made it very clear to town’s officials that they were the servants of the masses and not the rulers, and that each one including town nazims must reduce his extra expenditures.
Liaquatabad Town: The Liaquatabad Town Municipal Administration carried out an anti-encroachment operation throughout the town, said a statement issued here on Sunday.
It said some 42 sugarcane juice machines were seized by town administration from different areas of the town during the operation.
These machines were installed at roadside shops, footpaths, bus stops and on various service roads in the town.
DTO (Land), Ibrahim, Inspectors Mumtaz, Mehboob Matloob, Rizwan Nadeem and concerned police officials also took part in the operation in question.—APP
