KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi, Wasim Akhtar has directed officers concerned to remove all buses and vans stationed beneath the Liaquatabad Flyover along with other encroachments including shops and cabins.
He said this during a visit to Liaquatabad No.10, Nazimabad Gol Market and Frere Market Burns Road on Thursday, said a statement.
Supreme Court's directives must be implemented clearly which said that no commercial or non commercial activity could be carried out beneath the city flyovers and bridges, he said.
He said that all constructions and shops other than the original plan in Frere Market and Nazimabad Gol Market will be removed.
He said that improvement in city weather is good omen, however, precautionary measures taken in this regard will continue and hospitals would be put on red alert to provide instant medical aid to the patients.
Chairman of DMC Central Rehan Hashmi, Vice Chairman Syed Shakir Ali, Chairman Estate Committee Nasir Taimuri, Director General Works Iqtidar Ahmed, Senior Director Estate Tasnim Ahmed, Sr. director Anti Encroachments Bashir Siddiqui, director technical to mayor S. M Shakaib and other officers accompanied mayor Karachi on this occasion.
The Mayor while visiting the Frere Market said this market will be renovated and restored to its original plan under which this market was built in 1964.
He also met with the shopkeepers of Frere Market and assured them that their problems will be solved.
The Mayor said how it is possible for KMC to carry out maintenance of its markets with shop rents as low as just Rs 500 per month and that too at the prime locations in Karachi.
On the visit to Gol Market Nazimabad, the Mayor inspected different portions of the market and he said the garbage should not be dumped near this market.
He directed officers concerned to work out a plan for improvement in this market.
On his visit to heat wave camp at Liaquatabad No.10, the Mayor Karachi said that though the weather improved a bit but still we have to be alert all the time.
He again appealed to utility services providers like K-Electric and Water Board to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity and water to people to save them from any inconvenience or trouble during this holy month.
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