KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has visited various parts of the metropolis and inspected ongoing development works, cleanliness of drains.
Murad Ali Shah accompanied by his Advisor Murtaza Wahab, Chairman P&D M. Waseem, Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi and PD Karachi Package Khalid Masroor different areas of the city on Sunday.
The Chief Minister on his visit to Keamari reviewed the road from Gul Bai to Y junction. It is a 5.5 km road right from Gul Bai to Y-junction and was being constructed at a cost of Rs one billion.
On this occasion, he said the road was not only being constructed but widened. The width of each side of the road has been kept at 10.5 meters and for the first time, water and sewerage line have also been laid in the area.
There were six different nullas crossing the main road which was also being reconstructed, the Chief Minister added. He inspected the cleanliness work of SITE Nullah, Keamari and instructed the contractor to remove garbage.
The Chief Minister ordered the PD of the project to complete the ongoing work by the end of next month. So far, over 65 percent construction work of the road has been completed.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister along with his team also visited the SITE area where a survey of 17 roads was at the final stage to reconstruct them. He said all roads to be constructed next month.
The Chief Minister visited the roads where the water board has started laying lines after which work on the roads would be properly initiated.
The scheme of 17 roads of the SITE area has been launched for Rs 1.1 billion. These roads in the SITE area would be reconstructed after over 30 years.
CM Murad from SITE went to visit Banaras where he reviewed the construction of the Orange Line Project and found people were not observing SOPs.
He visited Gulshan-e-Maymar where work on different roads was in progress. He checked the quality and pace of work and issued necessary directions.
During the visits, the CM observed that the people are not adopting coronavirus SOPs. He directed the district administration to implement the SOPs in its true spirit.
