KARACHI, March 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has asked the committee, comprising members of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry for monitoring development works in the Korangi Industrial Area, to submit a report about pace and quality of the works.
Talking to a KATI delegation, led by its Chairman Gulzar Feroz, he said: “I want a report prepared by the private sector and not by the department.”
He told the delegation that the committee members should regularly monitor the development works and send to him the report so that any problems coming to light could be sorted out.
Mr Kamal said the city government was very keen to see industrial development and would provide all possible facilities and cooperation industrialists in this regard.
He said that the city government was spending Rs250 million on fire services and, in return, receiving Rs60 million in taxes. He sought cooperation from citizens, particularly industrialists and other businessmen, in the payment of water and sewerage conservancy and fire taxes.
The nazim said that certain problems faced by factories would stand resolved with the installation of water meters within their premises.
The delegation apprised the nazim of the problems relating to roads, water and sewerage facilities, as well as an easy system for tax payment.
ROAD PROJECT: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has taken a serious notice of delay in the implementation of his directives for the development work on the 8000 Road in Korangi, and decided to visit the site.
At a meeting, he ordered removal of all hurdles in the way of shifting utility services lines to one side of the road, and said that the decision about relocation of different services would be taken after his visit to the site.
He was informed that the delay in the implementation of his directives was caused due to the heavy load of work relating to the shifting of utility services present across the project site.—APP
