KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Railways, Habib-ur-Rehman Gillani arrived in Karachi and held an important meeting regarding the revival of Karachi Circular Railways, KCR project. The meeting was attended by Divisional Superintendent Karachi Arshad Salam Khattak, Project Director KCR Ameer Mohammad Daudpota, Deputy DS Farid Ahmad and relevant engineers working in the KCR project.

The Chairman visited various stations and level crossings of the KCR project from City to Drigh Road while passing en route Baldia, Shah Latif, SITE, Orangi, Nazimabad, Gillani and Urdu college stations. He also held a trolley inspection of the loop.

The Chairman analysed the working of Pakistan Railways on the restoration work and directed for further ramping up the speed so that the people of Karachi could get benefit from the revival of KCR project at the earliest.

While inspecting the SITE area the Chairman expressed concerns over the ejection of hazardous pollutants on the track of KCR. The DS Karachi apprised that the Sindh government had been approached about resolution of this issue and it would soon be sorted out.

The Chairman after examining the area of Green Line, that crosses the KCR track in Nazimabad, urged for expediting the communication with the relevant authorities so that the proposed Underpasses or overhead bridges could be timely built. The PD KCR added that various meetings had been held with the Sindh government on this issue and the provincial government had allocated Rs3 billion during the running fiscal year for the said purpose.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020