KARACHI, Jan 23: Lyari town is facing financial crisis, as it has no revenue sources to match its expenditures, Town Nazim Malik Muhammad Fayyaz told a meeting of Lyari Town Council here on Tuesday.

Highlighting annual performance of his town, he said revenue sources in his town were negligible while 70 per cent of all available revenue was used for payment of salaries to the staff. He said town was running on share of taxes provided by the government.

He said time and again he had informed the city and provincial governments about the financial woes of the town but in vain. He said the town owed more than Rs40million to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), and the government cut its first instalment of Rs3.9 million from its share of taxes without even informing the town, resultantly the town faced worst financial crunch last month.

Malik Fayyaz said uplift activities were continued despite scarcity of funds.

The town nazim said they had installed 80 streetlights in each union council, besides repairing all streetlights on main roads.

He said uplift activities were also carried out in playgrounds, parks, roads and streets. He said garbage-lifting system was privatised to ensure better cleanliness. Regarding water scarcity in the town, he said smooth supply of potable water was still a dream for Lyariites.

He said with the help of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), steps were being taken to address this outstanding issue.

He said road repair and carpeting work had been initiated in various union councils.

He thanked all staff of his town for their tireless work during monsoon and Eidul Azha. He also tanked Keamari and SITE towns for helping Lyari in disposing off offal.—PPI