KARACHI:Provincial Ministers Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Jam Ikram-Ullah Dharijo laid foundation stone of construction of 17 road projects in SITE area of Karachi at a cost of Rs1039.73.
The SITE Association Patron-in-Chief, Zubair Motiwala, PPP MNA Qadir Mandokhel, MPA Liaqat Askani, ex-MPA Nadeem Bhutto, PPP South President Khalil Hoat, General Secretary West Ali Muhammad Jan, MD KW and SB Assadullah Khan, MD SITE and others were also present on the occasion.
Addressing the ceremony, Nasir Hussain Shah said that foundation of an important project had been laid and added that long standing demand of industrialists had been fulfilled today. He said that infrastructure development was very vital for promotion of industries.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah also visited this area and assured to complete the infrastructure, he added. The minister said that 17 roads with length of 25 kilometers would be completed including two drains in the project with a PC-I cost of Rs1037.73 million.
The minister assured that all issues of industrial areas will be resolved on priority basis. He said that infrastructure of area will improve with the completion of this project and industries will flourish which will strengthen the economy of country and create new job opportunities.
Shah added that Rs100 billion had been earmarked for the development projects of Karachi in the fiscal year 2021-22, while Rs900 billion projects were already under way in Karachi with the cooperation of World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other donor agencies. He said that Sindh Chief Minister and his cabinet were working day and night to implement the development vision of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
He said that promotion of industries was amongst the top most priorities of Sindh government and assured the industrialists that all their issues would be resolved. He offered sub-soil water licenses to industrialists and said that Sindh government was ready to issue as many licenses as required by the industrialists so that issue of availability of water to Industries is resolved.
Addressing the ceremony, Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce and Anti-Corruption and Cooperative Department Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said that in the past, those who ruled Karachi had left the city with nothing but extortion, sack corpses, Kalashnikov culture and destruction. “PPP believes in the development of the entire province, including Karachi, and under the direction of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the infrastructure of industrial zones across the province is being improved.”
Dharejo further said that he was grateful to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for allocating Rs1 billion for the improvement of infrastructure in industrial zones in view of the problems of industrialists and with the help of the provided funds, work was being done on 17 development projects and it is hoped that these projects would be completed in the current financial year.
He said, “Sindh government had also provided additional Rs300 million for development projects with the help of which more projects will be completed. He said that due to incompetence and poor policies of the federal government, industries had suffered a lot and unemployment had increased.