KARACHI, Nov 9: Five flyovers along the signal-free corridor-II will be opened for vehicular traffic by Dec 31. This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal during his visit to the sites of various development projects, including the signal-free corridor-II on Friday.
He said that the Sohrab Goth flyover, one of the six falling in the corridor, along with an underpass, had been completed and would be inaugurated soon. Almost 40 per cent of work on the remaining five flyovers had also been completed, he said, adding that the entire corridor would be opened for traffic by Dec 31.
He said the government had removed a major hurdle in the inflow of foreign investment by strengthening the city’s infrastructure and improving the transport system.
The city nazim also inspected development work at Jauhar Morr, Gulshan Chowrangi and Nagan Chowrangi.
The city nazim, said that the matter of the devolution of traffic police department had reached its final stage.
Talking to PPI after addressing a five-day training workshop on disaster management held under the auspices of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with UNDP, he said the City District Government Karachi would soon introduce ‘traffic wardens’.
About the efforts towards disaster management, he said that the city was faced with challenges of various man-made disasters and, therefore, the CDGK was spending a huge amount on the procurement of the latest equipment and training of its staff to develop capacity and skills to cope with such disasters. He mentioned traffic mess, fire incidents and environmental hazards as man-made disasters.
In reply to a question about the environmental impact of development work along the Sindh coastline, he said that the uplift work along the coastline was being carried out under the federal government, which was spending $45 billion on these projects.—PPI
