Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that developing park is relatively easy in Karachi than recovering government land from the occupation of powerful grabbers. Karachi is the only city among the mega cities of the world where 18 million people settled even before the preparation of a city master plan. City District Government Karachi is the only district government in Pakistan which had spent a huge amount of Rs.27billion on the provision of water and sewerage facilities to citizens. Haq Parast leadership also got the honor of completing 6 mega projects at one time.
He expressed these views while addressing a delegation comprising over 60 students and teachers from Institute of Business Management led by Dr. Faisal S. Farooqui at his office on Wednesday.
Earlier the delegation visited various sections of the City Nazim Secretariat. They also went to Command & Control Center and reviewed the working of staff at Citizen’s Complaints Management Information Center 1339.
On this occasion a documentary containing details of the development works in city was also displayed. The students and teachers of IBM expressed acute interest in the undertaking of daily affairs in city government Karachi and appreciated the fast paced development activities initiated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal.
Nazim Karachi welcoming the delegation in his office called it a good omen that the citizens especially young students in Karachi taking great interest in the municipal affairs.
He said that this would not only increase the awareness about the development works but would also create a sense of ownership among the people living in the city.
City Nazim said that Haq Parast leadership has given a proper and comprehensive master plan to Karachi. This is the first master plan of the city which has been notified.
He said that city’s first master plan contained all the details regarding development projects and future plans.
Nazim Karachi said that Haq Parast city government has provided basic facilities like water, sewerage system and road infrastructure to each and every area of the city without any consideration of caste, creed or political affiliation.
He said that under this policy we have supplied water to those areas which had been deprived of this basic requirement since as long as 40 years. Different areas of Lyari had got 6million gallon additional water supply after 40 years while thousands of islanders were also supplied with potable water first time in their history.
Nazim Karachi also apprised the delegation about the up gradation and improvement plan undertaken by city government for education and health care sector.
He said that the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and many other hospitals had been provided with latest equipments and machinery and they are now providing best of medical facilities to citizens in Karachi. He said that the Haq parast leadership has also vacated government land from the occupation of powerful land mafia and developed huge and beautiful parks on these lands. He cited the example of Bagh Ibn-e Qasim at Clifton and Jheel Park at Tariq Road which are now presenting quality recreational facilities to citizens.
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