KMC Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed has announced to hold Eid discount family festival where citizens would have the opportunity to do Ramdan and Eid shopping under clean and peaceful environment.
He said this while chairing a meeting on buchat bazaars which was attended by Deputy Commissioner Central Dr Saif-ur-Rehman, DMC Central Administrator Nazeer Lakhani, Culture, Sports and Recreation Senior Director Rehan Khan, Enterprise Senior Director Shoaib Waqar, Local Taxes Director Akhtar Shaikh, Sajid Bhatti, Syed Furqan Haider and other officers.
The administrator said that all the utility items including milk, vegetables, fruits, cloths, shoes and grocery items would be made available in this family festival on discount rates. The festival will be held under the patronage of KMC and the district administration and would be directly monitored by the DC central.
He said that special security arrangements would be made for this festival to provide hassle-free environment to visitors whereas beautiful stalls would be arranged in an attractive manner. Discount vehicle parking rates will be applied for this festival as only Rs 5 and Rs 2 would be charged for parking of cars and motorcycles respectively. The senior director enterprise and investment promotion had been appointed as focal person for Eid buchat family festival who would make the arrangements for holding of this festival in coordination with the district administration.
Shoaib Waqar, Senior Director E&IP, while giving a briefing on this festival said that the festival would be held in the City Auditorium near Ayesha Manzil and more than 70 stalls would be set up in the festival. Only families will be allowed to visit the festival where 20 to 25 percent discount on various utility items is expected.
He said the festival starting from the 12th of Ramdan will continue till the night before Eid (chand raat).
Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed on this occasion directed that the availability of quality utility items on discount rates must be ensured in other buchat bazaars running the city by KMC.
He appreciated the performance of staff doing their duty at these buchat bazaars and also praised the city wardens for helping traffic police maintaining the traffic flow during the rush hours.
