KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi, Wasim Akhtar Friday said that a five kilometer long double-track road in Shah Faisal Colony would solve a great problem of this area whereas repair of sewerage system was also being done here to ensure durability in development projects.
He was speaking as a chief guest in the inaugural ceremony of road carpeting and sewerage system correction in Shah Faisal Colony, said a statement.
Chairman of DMC Korangi Syed Nayyar Raza, Vice chairman Syed Ahmer Ali, Chairman Works Committee Hassan Naqvi, Chairman Katchi Abadies Committee Saad Bin Jaffar with union council chairman and other elected representatives and officers were also present on this occasion.
The Mayor inspected the works being done in different areas of Shah Faisal Colony and Natha Khan Goth.
He said the construction of this road was a long standing demand of the people residing in this area and after its completion this would facilitate thousands of people daily.
He said many areas in the city were facing shortage of water supply and inadequate sewerage system which caused trouble for citizens. Theft of water and leakage from pipelines were main reasons behind present crisis of water and sewerage and can be solved with corrective measures, he added.
He said that whatever funds were available had been spent on development works which could provide relief to the people in Karachi.
Elected representatives had close contact with area people and with their coordination and guidance these works being carried out in city, he said.
He said that Karachi was the financial hub of the country and it deserved proper focus for governmental side so that its problems could be solved and that city continued to play its vital role in the prosperity of our country.
The Mayor said broken roads, faulty sewage infrastructure and scarcity of water were main issues presently facing by people and that was due to negligence of past city administrators who never paid attention on thsoe problems of citizens.
He said that construction of roads, repair of sewerage lines and other allied uplift works were aimed at providing facilities to residents of Korangi and adjacent areas and people were themselves monitoring all that.
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