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Unified command imperative for Karachi: Kamal

By Qadeer Tanoli

Karachi 
Unity of command in Karachi is imperative for the stability of the country and progress of the city; municipal boundaries must be eliminated, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Friday while addressing the budget meeting of the City Council. The session was presided over by Convener Nasreen Jalil.

“The city police and the traffic police should be kept under the control of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK),” Kamal said, adding that all stakeholders in Karachi, especially the City Council, should adopt a combined stance on these matters. “We are now few months away from the end of our tenure. People should not think that we are asking for more powers for us but it is essential for the progress of the nation and the country that the city government should get these powers,” he said.

Kamal went on to mention in detail all major projects of his four-year tenure along with future undertakings during an hour-long speech.

The city Nazim said that the way President Asif Ali Zardari was taking interest in the development activities in Karachi it looked like the process of development in the city would continue without any break.

He said that work on the Karachi Greater Sewerage Treatment Plant (S-III) would begin in the next two to three months at a cost of Rs9 billion. He said that a major amount of over Rs2 billion had been earmarked for the construction of six flyovers at Sharea Faisal (Corridor-IV), and that, billons of rupees had been set aside in the budget for infrastructure development.

Kamal said that the city government would establish vocational training centres in four towns of Karachi during the next fiscal year. 

The city nazim also asked members of the City Council to fill the form of the Karachi Development Trust Fund. 

In the end he thanked all members of the City Council for all the achievements of the city government during the last four years.