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Tariq Iqbal Puri, Vice-Chairman, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), has advised members of Landhi Association of Trade and Industry (Lati) to form a committee comprising its members to identify priority areas which should be taken up for development under 'Karachi Package'.
Speaking at a meeting with the association's members, he said that the government has allocated sufficient funds for infrastructure development in the four industrial estates of Karachi, while EPB has allocated Rs 1 billion from Export Development Fund (EDF).
He said that the association members have to identify the areas where the funds should be spent.
They should prepare feasibility report and send it to the government for approval and allocation of funds.
The EPB vice-chairman said that under the scheme the association could include effluent treatment plant, roads and bridges development, sewerage and water lines etc which should be included in the development projects.
He said that the government is well aware of the condition roads, sewerage lines, and water supply lines in different industrial estates of the city and wants to improve them with the consent of relative association of trade and industry.
Abdul Razak Teli, leading the delegation of Lati, said that the association was ready to form a committee to identify areas, which should be included in development work.
He noted that the government is going to develop 'garment city' and suggested that it should not be more than 10 km away from the city.
He suggested that Landhi industrial area, export processing zones and supper highway are the best locations for garment city.
They are well near the residential areas which provide best opportunity for labour to reach the job site.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004

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