ISLAMABAD: As a part of Christmas preparations, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has placed a number of Christmas trees across the city and arranged celebration events.

Moreover, it has paid bonuses and allowances to around 2,000 Christian employees of the civic agency to provide them opportunity to celebrate Christmas.

According to a statement, a cake cutting ceremony is also planned on Dec 23 in CDA Headquarters and all Christian employees have been invited to attend the event which will also be attended by CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed, board members and other officers.

It has been stated that a full basic salary has been paid to non-gazetted employees and half of the basic salary to gazetted employees.

Similarly allowance, equal to regular employees, has been paid to masterrol and daily wagers. It has claimed that the salary of December has been paid to sanitary staff.

CDA Spokesperson said Christian community played a vital role in development of city and all possible steps will be taken for their welfare.

Meanwhile, CDA has placed canopies in Sector F-11/1 Park and public toilets have been built in children parks, Kachnar Park and in I-9 Markaz Park.

Spokesperson said that new walkways, jogging tracks and cycling tracks were being established in parks of federal capital.

He claimed that so far 25 parks of the city have been renovated.

Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2021