City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has completed 90 percent work of mega projects at a cost of Rs 21 billion within 6-8 months and Karachi will soon emerge as a modern and beautiful city of the world. This was stated by Rauf Akhtar Farooqi, Project Director, Taameer-e-Karachi programme in an interview.
"The city is fast developing under the dynamic leadership of Nazim Mustafa Kamal and he introduced a new development vision by completing mega projects like flyovers and under-passes just within 6-8 months which otherwise take years to complete", he said.
He said that total outlay of Taameer-e-Karachi programme, which spans over the period 2005-07, stands at Rs 29 billion out of which Rs 5 billion are shared by federal government, Rs 6 billion by Sindh Government, Rs 6 billion by City Government and Rs 12 billion by stake-holders.
He said the stake-holders include Pakistan Steels, Port Qasim Authority, Export Processing Zone Authority, Civil Aviation Authority, Military Land and Cantonments, National Logistic Cell, Export Promotion Bureau, Karachi Port Trust, Oil Companies, State Bank/Banks, DHA and Ministry of Works.
He said KPT was assigned with the construction of a 2-level flyover at Hino Chowrangi at a cost of Rs 594 million, Rehabilitation of 4.55 Km long Mai Kolachi Bypass Rs 699 million, Rehabilitation of 2.56 Km long M.T. Khan Road Rs 266 million, Rehabilitation of M.A. Jinnah Road Rs 439 million.
PQA is to carry out the completion of Shahrah-e-Mehran Rs 119.440 million, construction of 1.9 Km road from National Highway to Shahrah-e-Mehran Rs 250 million. EPA is to carry out feasibility and design of link corridor between Road 8000 and Shahrah-e-Mehran Rs 2.355 million.
Pakistan Steels is constructing flyover at Quaidabad at a cost of Rs 217 million besides dualisation of link road connecting National Highway with Super Highway at a cost of Rs 575 million. PIA was to improve and rehabilitate University Road from Mazar-e-Quaid to Malir Cantt Rs 312 million while State Bank is to rehabilitate 2.25 Km I.I. Chundrigar Road Rs 230 million.
Other projects included improvement and rehabilitation of 4.8 Km Shahrah-e-Ghalib Rs 266 million, improvement and rehabilitation of Sharea Faisal from Jinnah Terminal to Pakistan Steel Rs 630 million, construction of road from Super highway to Jinnah Terminal via Malir cantt. Rs 789 million, Road-8000 Korangi Rs 950 million, Bridge over Malir River connecting Shah Faisal Colony with Korangi No 10 Rs 1057.593 million, construction of Sohrab Goth Inter-change Rs 439.610 million.
Rauf Farooqi said that City Government has already completed projects of three flyovers and three underpasses besides three newly constructed widened roads at Liaquatabad, Gharibabad and Nazimabad within 6-8 months for signal-free corridor-I from Site to Airport which has reduced the travelling time from 90 minutes earlier to mere 15-20 minutes.
The total distance of this corridor from Karsaz to Site area is 10.5 Km and it has a width of 13.5 meter with four lanes each side containing 33 bus stops, seven pedestrian overhead bridges and two lane service road from each side including 12 meter high electric poles with 250 watts light fixtures.
More over dedicated storm water drainage system built for all these mega projects with exclusive outlets in different adjoining rivers. He pointed out that one single corridor-I project consist of 9 mega projects costing over Rs 3 billion.
It is for the first time in the history of Karachi that dedicated drainage system has been laid, besides strengthening of all the damaged water supply and sewerage system carried and wherever required new drainage system at some places and water supply system laid which increased diameter to cater present day requirements all along the corridor keeping in view the population density up to 2020.
He said the foundation-stone of multi-million dollar project of 25 Km long elevated expressway from Quaidabad to Jinnah Bridge is going to be laid very soon while Pakistan's biggest Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim on 130 acres and costing over Rs 350 million will also be inaugurated shortly. It has exclusive illumination system and dedicated corridors while a big area developed for various events.
Around the Bagh, the historic Kothari Parade has been renovated as a heritage.
He pointed out that for the first time Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal has got Master Plan of Karachi up to the year 2020 prepared and all future projects would be implemented under this Master Plan.
He further said that our all future projects would be completed by the year 2008. He clarified that elevated expressway will be completed in 36 months and 40 storeyed, the largest and tallest building Pakistan also in 36 months.
Farooqi said that fast development process here has heightened the image of Karachi world over and this has attracted the investors and so far 900 million dollars investment made here.
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