Karachi Apr 22: Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the long term solution to traffic problems in Karachi lies in the Mass Transit System without which the city would have worst condition in terms of traffic after 8 to 10 years.
He expressed these views while addressing a meeting at his office on Wednesday to review the pace of work on development projects currently going on in the city and also to discuss future strategies for development activities.
Nazim Karachi on this occasion noted that the system of signal free corridors inducted recently in Karachi could only run the city for a maximum of 10 years after which it would need a mass transit system like other mega cities of the world.
He said that three years ago Karachi was facing much trouble due to regular traffic jam on nearly all main and subsidiary arteries. Haq Parast City Government introduced a new concept of signal free corridors to solve this problem in least time. These corridors were constructed rapidly and they helped in the resolution of traffic problems up to a large extent but the same is not enough to correct the traffic system of a mega city like Karachi.
Nazim Karachi said that the only solution to traffic problems in Karachi lies in the Mass Transit System on which we will have to work from today.
Reviewing ongoing projects he said that the journey of development must continue as the city is facing regular increase in the population and any halt in this development process will create more problems for Karachi and ultimately for the whole country.
Regarding water and sewerage projects, he said that city government had carried out water and sewerage works in all areas of city especially in all 4 industrial zones to provide better infrastructure to residents and factory owners.
Nazim Karachi said that our endeavors had been appreciated on international level too. He further said that like other mega cities of the world, Karachi also did not have any nearby river due to which it had been facing shortage of water. City Government has made many projects to solve this problem including the installation of desalination plants while it had also got the approval for a Rs.8 billion worth sewage treatment plant in Karachi.
He said that in order to complete development projects in city we recovered billions of rupees from the defaulters and used this amount on the rapid completion of development projects. He however, directed the officers of Revenue Department to take further measures for improvement in the recovery condition.
Nazim Karachi said that we did not imposed infrastructure tax in the very first year of our tenure in city government but worked for three years and laid the basic infrastructure for citizens after which we went to citizens and said to them that these projects belongs to them and therefore they should own them and support city government in the maintenance of these projects.
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There's no doubt that Mass Transit Systems for our metro cities are the way forward. I am part of a team working on a study of the urban sector and development of a strategic roadmap for urban sector in Pakistan. Please see and comment on our blog http://urbansector.blogspot.com.
Great Mr Moriani. You are indeed putting effort for the benefit of the future of our country. Ya we really need these things as How long our middle class has to wait on bus stops and to board over crowded buses to reach schools, offices. I will visit your blog.
Thanks Indeed for sharing your comments
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