HYDERABAD: Hyderabad SITE Association of Trade and Industry chairman Parvez Faheem Noorwala said the Sindh government had received billions of rupees from the devisable pool under NFC award during current fiscal year but had not spent a single penny yet for the development of industrial infrastructure in the province.

He condemned Sindh government on its 'anti-industrial' policy.

He expressed these remarks while speaking at the meeting of industrialists here at HSATI secretariat on Thursday which convened to review the damages occurred as a result of misshape of two loaded trucks due to ruined condition of roads in SITE Hyderabad.

Besides senior vice chairman HSATI Muhammad Shahid Soomro, MPA Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, former HSATI chairpersons Shahid Qaimkhani, Aamir Shahab, Aslam Bawani, Saman Mal and other industrialists attended the meeting.

It may be mentioned here that two load trucks were overturned due to ruined condition of road in SITE Hyderabad on Tuesday night resulting huge financial losses to industrialists concerned.

The HSATI chairman said it was not the first time that the industrialists had suffered financial losses as occurrence of such misshapes become order of the day because of the negligence of the officers of concerned departments and the provincial government. The construction of roads and improvement of sewerage system in SITE Hyderabad become essential for stopping such incidents in future, he said and added that transport companies are reluctant to dispatch loading vehicles in the area. He demanded the Sindh chief minister and high ups of the concerned departments including Commissioner Hyderabad Muhammad Abbas Baloch to take notice of deteriorating infrastructure of SITE Hyderabad and ensure availability of cordial business atmosphere for industrialists.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020