KARACHI, March 10: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that five new stadiums would be built in the city on pattern of the National Stadium. He told a large gathering in Orangi Town on Friday that the plan to build five new stadiums in Karachi on the pattern of National Stadium had been already approved. He said that one of the five new stadiums would be built in Orangi Town with an estimated cost of Rs472 million.

Earlier, the nazim laid foundation stone of three sewerage projects worth Rs70 million in Orangi.

The projects, including construction of sewerage drains from Mianwali Colony SITE to Orangi Town’s Sector 2-A; from Sadiqabad to Gulzar Muhammad Colony; and from Islamnagar to TMA Orangi; would be completed in four months, he said.

He also held a public meeting and listened to the complaints and problems of area residents.

The nazim noted that Orangi was the biggest slum locality in Asia.

He said despite its huge population it had been ignored by all previous governments in the past.

Mr Kamal lamented that the area had been deprived of sewerage system for the last 40 years and sewerage water remained accumulated on its streets and roads.

He expressed hope that completion of the sewerage projects would help in flushing-out sewerage water from the area and provide it with an exemplary sewerage system.

Mr Kamal told the gathering that work on construction of roads in the town with a cost of Rs70 million was underway and 112 electricity poles had been removed in this connection.

The city nazim announced that 10 per cent of 100mgd extra water from K-III Project would be given to Orangi to meet water shortage in the area.

DCO Fazlur Rehman, Orangi Town Nazim Abdul Haq, Town Municipal Officer Qamar Sheikh, members of the town and union councils were also present.—PPI