Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Acting President Sheikh Pervez Ahmed has said that CDA had started the process of repairing roads in various sectors of Islamabad which was a laudable initiative. However, the quality of work was sub-standard due to which repaired roads, especially in I-10 sector were quite uneven and bumpy.
He stressed that CDA should ensure good quality repair of roads because their sub-standard repair was just a wastage of money.
He said that monsoon season was around the corner and he was afraid that poor quality repair of roads would create more potholes on such roads making them risky for travelling. He urged that CDA’s Roads Directorate should make arrangements for proper monitoring of repair work to ensure quality repair of roads. He said street roads in I-10 sector were broken for the last 10 years and stressed that CDA should focus on urgent repair of street roads to facilitate the residents.
He said many sectors of Islamabad were facing a serious water crisis. He said industrial areas in I-9 and I-10 sectors and the residents were the worst hit areas in terms of the water crisis and he stressed that CDA should arrange tube wells in such areas. He said water tanker mafia was fully exploiting this situation to mint money as people were forced to get water from tankers. He said CDA should pay urgent attention to this serious issue as people were facing extreme problems due to the non-availability of water in the prevailing hot summer.
