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City administration holds cleanliness drive

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Shaoib Ahmad Siddiqi took part in cleanliness work on Korangi Road as a part of campaign for making city clean and green. He inspected cleanliness work on Korangi Road being carried out by district municipal administration Korangi where he planted plant samplings. He said all deputy commissioners have been directed to strengthen the coordination with district municipal corporations and extend their full support to make the campaign successful. He said deputy commissioners have been directed to seek support of communities and members of civil society in this regard. Support of non- governmental organisations and corporate sectors could be fruitful and make this campaign effective. Corporate sector has expressed its desire to support efforts whatever being carried out by government to provide facilities to citizen and to make better place the city to live. He asked deputy commissioners to focus on removal of encroachment creating hurdles in flow of traffic and also get cleared wall chalking.

City administration holds cleanliness drive

 

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Road safety: City govt launches campaign against ‘sub-standard’ vehicles

KARACHI: With the February 25 deadline for the implementation of safety standards in public transport vehicles ended a week ago, the city administration has re-started its campaign against transporters who have not yet conformed to the prescribed criteria.

The latest campaign will cover school vans, inter and intra-city buses, as well as private taxis and rickshaws. The vehicles will be inspected for substandard CNG cylinders, fitness certificates, driving licences, fire extinguishers and emergency exit doors.

“We will no longer show leniency toward any public transport vehicle owners,” said Manshad Ali, the secretary of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), stressing that all school vans must conform to the prescribed safety standards. Failure to do so will result in getting their licences revoked and their vehicles impounded, he warned. Ali said that a strict crackdown was being initiated with the help of the traffic police.

“If anyone is found using substandard CNG cylinders or fake fitness certificates, the licences and permits of these vehicles would be cancelled for forever,” he said. Ali added that his department had received several complaints regarding the use of substandard CNG cylinders in school vans.

In response to a question regarding inter-city buses and coaches, the secretary said that the deadline for the installation of emergency exits and fire extinguishers had already ended on February 25. His department has impounded 25 vehicles and imposed fines worth 0.5 million since, he revealed. Ali said that the latest campaign was beginning to yield results as inter-city bus operators had started installing emergency doors in their vehicles.

“We are inspecting the buses at major terminals and do not let them start their journey without emergency exits,” he claimed.

On Tuesday, Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui also held a meeting regarding safety measures being adopted for school children and inter-city commuters.

“We have decided to take effective and practical steps to ensure that school buses and vans meet the requisite safety standards,” he said. “It was also decided that speed limits would be fixed on certain roads in the city,” said the commissioner, adding that the RTA secretary will issue a notification for this purpose in consultation with the Transport and Communications Department, the traffic police and other relevant civic bodies.

 

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Accountability tactics: Municipal accounts go online

KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Tuesday that it will launch a website to give a penny-by-penny account of every transaction carried out at the municipality level.

The website will include statements showing how the Town Municipal Administrations (TMAs) Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and the District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) utilised their budget.

“We will update every financial transaction on the website being launched soon,” promised local government minister Sharjeel Memon during the Sindh Assembly session. “People will see how the money is utilised against the budget in every district,” he explained. “This is the first time we will be introducing this idea, which is being developed with the help of the information and technology department.”

Memon held the former nazims of union councils responsible for the deteriorating affairs of the local bodies in the province. “They have given nothing except corruption and mismanagement,” he claimed.

The minister was responding to speeches made by the MPAs on a resolution moved by opposition leader, Shaharyar Mahar, who had demanded that the funds provided to town municipal administrations be utilised for the purpose they are meant for.

“Most of the schools and hospitals run by the local government have been encroached upon since the tenure of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf,” Memon pointed out. “We are making efforts to evacuate this illegal occupation.” According to Memon, all powers have been devolved to the commissioners and deputy commissioners to keep an eye on the local government matters in their respective areas.

“Around 40 per cent of octroi zila tax share goes towards the salaries of the employees and 60 per cent goes towards development,” he pointed out. “Unfortunately, in most TMAs, the entire budget is spent on the employees’ salaries due to over-employment,” he said, adding that most of the employees fail to come to work but still receive their salaries on time.

 

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Both development and Modernisation are unknown word in Sindh as long as PPP in power

 

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Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Cadet College, Larkana (under construction)

 

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Fish Aquarium Landhi Zoo, Karachi






Upgrading Hill Park, Karachi

 

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Rest homes to be built for senior citizens in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur

Wall chalkers to be reprimanded

 

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New Radiology Department at JPMC with state-of-the-art technology including Cyber Knife stereo tactic system for treatment of cancer patients (first ever in Pakistan via private-public partnership)

 

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Clean and Green Hyderabad

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‘Police ready to install CCTV cameras on National Highway’

NAWABSHAH: Police are prepared to install CCTV cameras on the National Highway link roads and city bazaars to intensify vigil on the movement of foreigners and prevent acts of terrorism.

SSP Abdul Salam Shaikh said at a press conference that negotiations with a mobile phone company were in progress for the construction of rooms with facilities of camera and solar energy system vigil equipment at places along the National Highway.

The SSP said that more than 44 Afghan nationals were arrested for residing illegally in the district limits while three activists of a banned organization with literature and party flags were also taken into custody.

In order to watch movement of illegal immigrants, police were collecting data from hotels and guest houses operating along the National Highway, he added. The SSP said the 15 Police Complaint and Help Centre was being upgraded to the District Police Complaint Centre and integrated with a HR cell, a women protection cell and a child protection cell. He said that on the pattern of Karachi and Hyderabad, an anti-terrorist force of 42 Jawans was being raised.

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IGP Sindh G.H.Jamali formally launched Emergency Alert System for rapid response after signing MoU with Ufone at CPO

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