KARACHI: Quaidabad flyover to be completed by June 2007
KARACHI, Oct 3: Pakistan Steel Mills Chairman Maj-Gen (Rtd) Mohammad Javed has said that the Quaidabad Flyover project, which was started in May 2005, would be completed by June 2007.
During his visit to the construction site on Tuesday, he said that the 753-metre-long and 9.6-metre-wide four-lane flyover would be completed at a cost of Rs220 million. He said that it was a gift to the citizens of Karachi from Pakistan Steel Mills under Tameer-i-Karachi Programme.
He said that the Steel Mills was extending financial support as well as technical supervision for the construction of this flyover.
Appreciating the efforts of engineers and staff in carrying out the carpeting of two-way diversion roads which considerably eased the traffic flow, he emphasized to further accelerate the pace of work and complete the project by the target date.
Representatives of M/s Railcop (Pakistan Railways), which has been assigned the project, were also present on the occasion.
NEW KARACHI: New Karachi Town has completed carpeting of Road-2100 from Siddiq-i-Akbar Masjid Nagan Chowrangi to Godhra Timber Market Road-7000.
This was stated by New Karachi Town Nazim Mohammed Hanif Surti during a visit to ongoing carpeting and patch work at Shahrah Khurshid Begum on Monday. He was accompanied by town officer infrastructure and other officials.
He said that carpeting of Road-4100, 2400, 4200 and 4400 was under way and it would be completed shortly.
Hanif Surti said that because of the strategy adopted by the town administration, for the first time in last some years, unhindered traffic movement was witnessed this Ramazan and fasting people were doing Iftar at their homes in time.
GULSHAN: Gulshan Town Nazim Wasey Jalil has said that volunteers will continue to assist the traffic police to ensure smooth flow of traffic during Ramazan.
He stated this during a visit to Buhadarabad and adjoining areas to monitor the traffic situation.
He also visited UC 3, 7, 9 and 11 and issued directive to concerned officials for improved sanitary conditions and lighting arrangements in important shopping centres and markets. He said that sanitary staff should be deployed at all markets of Buhadarabad, Samama Shopping Centre, PIB and KDA market and special monitoring on unscrupulous elements be carried out.
He said that a group of sanitary workers be immediately set up along with provision of garbage trolleys for sanitation at important roundabouts, shopping centres, markets and other public places.
The town nazim directed that backyards of markets should be allocated for parking.
Meanwhile, the first filter water plant installed in Block 13-D of Gulshan-i-Iqbal has been closed for the last one month following a fault in its purification system.
The residents of apartments, where this plant was installed, said on Tuesday that the plant had worked only for one and half month after its installation. They said that the maintenance person, who had been visiting the plant every day, was giving lame excuses for the closure.
It may be noted that the Swiss-made filter plant has been donated by the Canadian NGO “Friends of Success” through the Pakistan Canadian Business Council. The builder of the apartment has provided the site for the installation of filter plant.
City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal had inaugurated the plant on July 20. The plant worked only for one and half month. After its closure, the residents said that water being supplied was not safe for drinking.
They urged the authorities to look into the matter and ask the officials concerned to ensure its maintenance and restart the plant.—APP
