HYDERABAD, Dec 8: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the government wants to establish a new industrial estate and a five-star hotel in the district to boost the economic activities.

He was speaking at a reception given by the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry at its secretariat in honour of the nazim on Tuesday night.

Mr Jamil said the problems of unemployment and poverty in the district could be solved by accelerating economic activities.

He said he also wanted to restore air service to and from Hyderabad to attract foreign investment.

The district nazim said that industrialists and investors were important sectors of a society and played an important role in reviving economic activities.

Referring to the civic problems pointed out by the acting president of the chamber in his welcome address, the district nazim said that people were facing most of the problems due to negligence of the organizations concerned.

He said the district government wanted to solve all the problems, but in phases.

Mr Jamil said the government had started shifting cattle pens, vegetable market, slaughter houses, LPG filling stations and heavy transport outside the city.

He said the local government was working to remove encroachments and to improve the traffic system in the district.

Mr Jamil appealed to the members of the chamber to support the district government in its cleanliness campaign.

He said the government was spending billions of rupees to improve supply of water and sewerage system.