KARACHI: City Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Tuesday said work of setting up a separate track for motorcyclists along Sharea Faisal had been started, which would cover the whole area from Malir Halt to Metropole Hotel.

The anti-encroachment department of the KMC in this connection had already started its operation against encroachments on Tuesday, he added.

Talking to media representatives after laying floral wreath at the mazar of Shaheed-i-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan on his death anniversary on Tuesday, he said: “This is the first time that a separate track is being made for motorbikes alongside main corridor of the city. This being a model project, other major corridors will also be provided with such tracks for motorbike users.”

The mayor said that all efforts were being made to bring improvement to the city infrastructure especially to clean roads.

Meanwhile, on the directive of the mayor, the anti-encroachment department of the KMC took action against encroachments from Malir Halt to Metropole Hotel and removed all encroachments in about six kilometres’ area and seized the roadside cabins, stalls, sugar cane juice machines and other obstacles from the area and deposited them in the KMC store.

Ten people were arrested in the action carried out by the anti-encroachment staffers along with police and city wardens.

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2018