KARACHI: Rs363m water and sewerage projects approved
KARACHI, July 26: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has approved 13 different projects worth Rs363 million to improve water and sewerage infrastructure in the metropolis.
Under these projects that have also got the approval from District Development Working Committee, pipelines will be laid to supply water to localities facing shortage for the last 15 to 20 years, sewerage system will be revamped and water will be supplied to pumping stations.
According to the city government, these new projects are in addition to the schemes initiated from Rs50 million provided by the city nazim to each town.
Project-wise allocations for the new schemes are Rs1.85 million for repair of manholes on 24-inch diameter sewerage line from Tannery Road to Lyari River; Rs54 million for purchase of diesel generators of 1275kw capacity for Sakhi Hasan and Khwaja Ajmer Nagri pumping stations; Rs11.17 million for the procurement of 280kw and 9,350kw generators for Paharganj, PS-II and Ship Owners College pumping stations; Rs29.06 million for water supply to civil areas of Shah Faisal Town; Rs5.3 million for provision of pump to Faqir Colony pumping station in Orangi town; Rs9.1 million for purchase of pumps for water supply to Zia Colony, Disco More, Ghaziabad and adjoining localities; Rs7.819 million for purchase of 500kw diesel generator for pumping station in Orangi; Rs19.24 million for laying of 36-inch diameter RCC sewerage line from Lifeline Bridge to BYJ Road to improve sewerage system in Soldier Bazaar, Punjab Colony and adjacent areas; Rs13.91 million for joining and shifting of 33-inch and 48-inch diameter lines at under construction Nazimabad underpass; Rs1.37 million for improving water distribution system in localities of Baldia and North Nazimabad towns; Rs6.76 million for revamping of dilapidated and old water supply lines in Paposh Nagar UC-1; Rs191.75 million for laying of 12-inch, 16-inch and 18-inch lines for water supply from Ninth Mile main road to Dadabhoy town, NAA-II, Azam Town, Azam Basti, Manzoor Colony, Junejo Town, Rehman Colony and Hill Town; Rs1.5 million for water supply from Shah Najaf Road; and Rs12.362 million for construction of drains and footpaths at service road on both tracks of Shahrah-i-Attar.
MALIR RIVER BRIDGE: The city nazim has directed that bridge on Malir River connecting Quaidabad and Shah Faisal with Singer Chowrangi, Korangi, be completed by January 2007.
He said that bridge construction work was causing problems to the citizens and therefore, work should be carried out round-the-clock to complete it ahead of schedule.
The city nazim visited various ongoing projects on Wednesday.
He was informed that the construction work of Quaidabad Bridge was facing problems due to non-shifting of water and sewerage lines. Particularly, the area people had obtained illegal connections which they don't allow to be disconnected.
Mr Kamal directed KWSB MD Brig Iftikhar Haider over the telephone to take up work on shifting of lines from Thursday and, if need arise, police assistance may be obtained.
He said in view of inconvenience caused to people, the bridge be completed by December 2006 instead of 2007.
During the visit, the nazim also reviewed the work on this bridge and was informed that it was the city's longest two-track bridge being constructed at a cost of Rs1.057 billion.
The bridge is to be constructed by July 2007, but on nazim's directive, steps are being taken for its completion six months ahead of the stipulated time. In Korangi Industrial area, the nazim also inspected the under construction Road-12000.
signal-free roads: The city nazim has ordered to immediately conduct surveys of all the city's major roads to make them signal-free.
He said that after the SITE to Sharea Faisal corridor becomes signal- free in the next few months, work must start on flyovers and underpasses which should be followed by work on the signal-free corridors.
He was speaking at a meeting at his camp office.
The corridor from SITE to Sharea Faisal will be called corridor-I having three underpasses and three flyovers, construction of which is going on and will be completed in the next few months.Corridor-II will be extended from Sharea Faisal to UP Mor and corridor-III from Jail Chowrangi to Safoora Goth. The works and services department has started the required study and survey work on corridors- II and III. A proposal is also under consideration for extending Rashid Minhas Road from Sharea Faisal to UP Mor Corridor-II.
Corridor-II has Askari-IV Chowrangi, Jauhar Mor Right Turn, NIPA Inter-section, Gulshan Chowrangi Inter-Section, UBL Complex Right Turn, Sohrab Goth Inter-section, Shafiq More Right Turn, Nagan Chowrangi Inter-section, UP More Right Turn.—PPI / APP
