— CM satisfied with quality, not pace of developmental projects
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved Rs650 million for the construction of a flyover at Sunset Boulevard and he visited the area on Sunday to identify the alternate traffic route so that work could be started.
He, accompanied by Local Government Minister Jam Khan Shoro, Planning and Development Chairman Mohammad Waseem and Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, visited the different roads schemes from Metropole to Port Qasim.
Talking to media, he said that he, along with the experts of the NED University, has inspected all the roads constructed so far, including the flyover over at Manzil Pump and the underpass at Drigh Road. “I am fully satisfied with the quality of work, but I am not satisfied with the pace of work,” he said.
He further said that the purpose of his visit to push the contractors and concerned engineers to speed up the work. “You have to finish it at the earliest because I am going to launch phase-II of the Karachi Package of Rs12 billion,” he said.
Earlier, the CM started his visit to inspect the under-construction roads and underpass. He started from Metropole where work is yet to be started. On Shahrah-i-Faisal he stopped at Malir section, where the construction of the road is going on since long. “I want to you [engineers] complete this section of the road as it is causing serious problems for the smooth flow traffic,” he directed the concerned engineer.
When the CM crossed the Manzil pump he got down from his vehicle and inspected the work on the footpaths being constructed along the road leading to Thatta. He expressed his displeasure on the slow pace of work and directed the Secretary Works to get it time within next 10 days.
On the national highway at Port Qasim, the CM asked the concerned engineer that why such a wide roundabout had been constructed at the turning of Port Qasim. The engineer told Murad that long vehicles would have a problem in turning, that’s why it was kept wide. The CM was not satisfied with the reply and directed the engineer to contact people from the traffic engineering bureau and get their advice.
On his last visit, he went to Sunset Boulevard, where he stopped and, through Google maps, traced and marked alternate routes for traffic to be diverted during the construction of a flyover on Sunset Boulevard for the traffic coming from Submarine Chorwangi and Gizri.
The P&D Chairman Mohammad Waseem told the CM that the flyover scheme has been approved by him at a cost of Rs650 million. The CM told the media that the quality of work being carried out by KMC was not good. “I have released all their [KMC] funds for their development schemes, I would like to urge them to use the funds wisely,” he said.
