City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday the city government had started development projects in all four industrial zones with the estimated cost of Rs 4.5 billion which would be completed by the end of this year.
Addressing a press conference at the Civic Centre here, the City Nazim said after the completion of these projects, these industrial areas would be known as developed industrial zones in the world as they would bring economic revolution in Pakistan.
Syed Mustafa Kamal said huge development projects in the city would bring a positive impact on entire country as every countryman would be benefited through these projects at any level. He said no government in the past paid any heed to resolve basic problems in these industrial zones but this government was fully committed to redress these issues.
He said his government had started special uplift projects worth billions of rupees for the industrial zones including Korangi, Landhi, Federal 'B' Area and North Karachi, which would be completed by the end of this year. The city government was installing high quality imported sewerage GRP (Glassfibre Reinforced Plastic) pipes as they were durable and strong enough to meet the sewerage needs of industrial area for a period ranging between 50 to 100 years, he said.
He also said the city government had spend Rs 50 million to install new sewerage system in Jaffer Tayyar Society within 28 days to address 37-year old problem. He also informed that a huge new state-of-the-art laboratory was in its final stages at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital which would be functional after two months as equipment worth million of rupees had been procured.
Kamal said the city government had also kick off the study for storm water drainage system in the city. Answering a question, Syed Mustafa Kamal said the city government on the directives of court had vacated the school building in Firdaus Colony and the children would be shifted in the nearby schools. Regarding the U-turn on University Road near Ashfaq Memorial Hospital and Mumtaz Manzil, he ensured to conduct a study through city government's engineers.
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