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KARACHI, Sept 26: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Friday asked city government officers to gear up planning and paper work of the projects proposed under the Tamir-i-Karachi Programme.
He specifically stressed upon the officers of Works and Services, Health and Education departments to complete the paper work at the earliest and also to identify more projects which could be executed under the programme.
The Nazim was speaking at a meeting of the EDOs and project directors. He said that the delay in completing the paper work might ultimately lead to delay in launching the projects. Calling for a prompt disposal of files, he announced that a fortnightly meeting would be held regularly to review performance of different departments.
The DCO, Mir Hussain Ali, impressed upon the officers to maintain punctuality in attending offices and hold meetings with people in their field offices in order to resolve grievances of people immediately.
He called for more steps to improve conditions in hospitals, schools and educational institutions in the city.
BRIDGES: Mr Naimatullah Khan has directed EDO (Works and Services) to carry out the repair of damaged or dilapidated pedestrian bridges. He issued the directive on complaints from blind and other people.
He observed that there was every apprehension of an accident because of the damaged bridges and, therefore, immediate attention be paid to the repair work.
INVESTMENT: The City Nazim has told foreign investors that any investment in Karachi would be in their own interest as this would provide them an access to Central Asian states.
He was talking to a team of foreign investors at his office here on Friday. The delegation was led by Chairman of the Mid East Transit Corporation (METC) and comprised of representatives from Malaysia, Bangkok, Bahrain, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and China.
Karachi is the most appropriate and secured place where the city government has a number of projects for foreign investors. He particularly made mention of the mass transit programme in this regard and said that it was a most attractive project work on which would start soon.
Karachi Mass Transit Programme comprises 87 kilometres of track having six corridors — from Sohrab Goth to Tower, Orangi Town to Cantonment Station, North Karachi to Cantonment Station, Cantonment Station to Landhi, North Karachi to Shah Faisal, and Baldia to Cantonment Station. All these are densely populated areas with a large number of commuters but lacking adequate transport facilities.
The delegation told the Nazim that the METC was a financially sound company with experts from different countries at its disposal. It is operating in various countries and intended to participate in the mass transit project.
On the occasion, director general of the mass transit programme briefed the delegation about the project.—APP
