KARACHI, Dec 1: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Wednesday laid foundation stone of the road project under which the Guru Mandir-Nazimabad Chowrangi section of the Business Recorder Road is being reconstructed.
The 2.56km-long and 13.51-meter-wide road is being built at a cost of Rs56.58 million. Speaking on the occasion, the city nazim said that 10 different roads were being constructed at a cost of Rs1.5 billion whereas construction work of another 25 would also be started soon.
He said that an underpass would be constructed at Gharibabad and its foundation stone would be laid on December 7. He said that construction of roads, flyovers and underpasses would play an important role in the economic development of the country, and pointed out that the city government was paying special attention to this aspect.
On the occasion, he directed the concerned officials to identify a site somewhere between Nazimabad Chowrangi and Lasbela where a parking plaza could be constructed to solve the problem of parking in the area.
EDO Works and Services Shoaib Siddiqi, speaking on the occasion, said that modern technology was being employed in the construction of new roads and in order to ensure proper disposal of rain water, drainage lines were also being laid alongside the roads.
He held out the assurance that the construction work would be completed within the stipulated time. Town Nazim Dr Pervez Mahmood said that all encroachments from Guru Mandir to Nazimabad Chowrangi had been removed following talks with the concerned people.
In this regard, he appreciated the cooperation extended by the Sanitary Market Association and Gulbahar Traders Association. He observed that the removal of the encroachments and reconstruction of the road would greatly help in improving traffic flow on this section of the road.
WEDDING MEAL: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that the restriction retained by the Supreme Court on wedding feasts would prove to be an important step in efforts towards doing away with the wrong customs and traditions.
He was talking to a delegation of the All Pakistan Memon Federation, led by its President Qasim Khanani, which called on him on Wednesday. The General Secretary of the federation, Mohammed Saleem Parekh, Ghulam Ahmed Ismail and Abdul Razaq Viyani were other members of the delegation.
The city nazim had a detailed discourse with the delegation on the verdict and described it a welcome decision. He told the delegation that the poor people who were forced to make wasteful expenditures beyond their capacity will get relief as a result of the court's decision.
Mr Khan pointed out that in a large number of families, many marriages would not take place because the poor parents were unable to meet the expenditure on the so-called wedding customs. He promised that he would have this issue highlighted with the provincial government and would get the court decision strictly enforced. -APP