07 Apr 2009:
Karachi Apr 07: The Ambassador of Netherlands in Pakistan Tjeerd F. de Zwaan along with a five member delegation called on City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal at his office on Tuesday. The Dutch envoy during the meeting appreciated development works that have been completed by city government in Karachi during last three and half years.
He said that Karachi has made rapid progress in short time and the citizens have got great facilities in their daily lives. He said that such kinds of development models should be used in other mega cities also where people are suffering due to non availability of basic facilities and infrastructure.
Nazim Karachi on this occasion apprised the delegation about development works and future planning for Karachi.
He said that the present city government has introduced a new culture of rapid and solid works in Karachi which has brought about positive changes in the society. Nazim Karachi said that the city government has spent a huge amount of Rs.250 to 300 billon on the rehabilitation and improvement of city’s basic infrastructure while many new roads, bridges, flyovers, underpass have been constructed in city to solve traffic problems.
He said that the three main problems of water, sewerage and traffic were focused especially and we have succeeded in solving these problems while the other important sectors like health care and education were also addressed to provide better facilities to people. He said that the present city government has done more development works in Karachi if compared to the total works which have been done during the last 57 years.
He said that City Government has solved the problems pending since last 58 years in all areas of the city without any discrimination and ensured decent life for common citizens. The projects like command and control centre and citizen’s complaints management system 1339 have helped city government in solving public’s problems immediately. Nazim Karachi said that city government has constructed two signal free corridors in Karachi while work on the third signal free corridor has also been begun. He said that the city government will continue doing public welfare works for the convenience of citizens.
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