KARACHI, Feb 12: A delegation of naib nazims from the NWFP on Monday said there had been a marked difference between present Karachi and that of a few years ago.

The naib nazims of various union councils of Bonir of Tehsil Dagar, the NWFP, led by Tehsil Nazim Habibullah, called on Karachi Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil. City Council members Asif Siddiqi, Ahsan Siddiqi, Sher Afgan Khan, Imran Yusuf Zai, Nomanul Huq and District Officer Mohammed Zakir were also present on the occasion.

The delegation observed that the speed with which development was taking place here had no example in the past.

Nasreen Jalil pointed out that the city government was busy in service to people without any discrimination. She said more Pakhtoons were living here in Karachi than Peshawar. The government, she said, was paying special attention to the problems of Karachi and those living on hillocks were being provided water and other facilities.

She said the nazim was especially focussing on city’s infrastructure and sewerage lines being laid in industrial area like Korangi where sewerage was non-existent altogether. Besides, Rs50 million had been provided to each town for sewerage projects.

She said supply of 100mgd water through K-III project should have met the city’s water requirement, but steps were not taken for distribution of this additional water to city’s all areas and it was the present city government which was now taking these measures.

Ms Jalil said six million gallon daily additional water would be supplied to Lyari and 3mgd to Defence while work was in hand to supply additional water to SITE as well.

She told the visitors that at present 13 different agencies were looking after the civic affairs which caused problems in solving the problems. “It is imperative that all the civic agencies should be subservient to the city government and responsible before the city nazim,” she added.—APP