Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to acquire the land of Metropole hotel to construct a most modern park for children and elderly people in order to avoid construction of a high rise on the land of Metropole hotel.
He took this decision while presiding over a high-level meeting here at CM House, said a statement on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Minister Local Government Nasir Shah, CM Advisor Murtaza Wahab, Chairperson P&D Nahid Shah, Special Secretary LG Niaz Soomro, experts of P&D and other departments.
The chief minister said that the land of Metropole hotel was located in the center of four most important and busy roads where traffic volume remains considerably high almost round the clock. Construction of any high rise building on the land of the Metropole hotel would cause further congestion of the traffic in the area and would create serious environmental issues, he added. He said that he wanted to acquire the land of Metropole hotel where he would construct a beautiful park designated only for children and elderly people.
The construction of the park would be best for environment of the city which was getting more and more polluted day by day, he said and added onward all the projects would be developed, keeping in view the environmental conditions of the city, capacity of the roads and sewerage system and provision of all other facilities.
The CM Sindh pointed out that the left turning of road from Metropole hotel towards Clifton also remains jammed because the traffic going towards Club Road stops at signal and blocks the entire turning and cause heavy traffic jam.