1100 billion package announced for Karachi

1100 billion Karachi package, provincial liaison headed by Sindh chief minister, implementation committee will monitor, federal, army and all stakeholders will be involved.

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a package of Rs 1100 billion for Karachi. It also announced the formation of a Provincial Coordination Implementation Committee to address the city's problems. The committee will oversee projects under the package.

All decisions will be taken at the same forum. The committee will include the federation, army and all stakeholders. The issues of transport, solid waste, water and sewerage system will be resolved under the Karachi Transformation Plan, including the circular railway.

The announcements were made by Prime Minister Imran Khan at a media briefing at the Governor House with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Federal Minister Asad Umar and others.

Under the Karachi Transformation Plan, Rs 92 billion has been allocated for water supply projects, Rs 141 billion for sewage treatment, Rs 267 billion for drainage and solid waste management projects and Rs 572 billion for mass transit, rail and road transport. Have gone The Prime Minister said that the Sindh government has taken the responsibility of resettling the displaced persons in order to end the encroachments.

Sub-stakeholders in one place, now problems will be solved, water supply, elimination of canal crossings, improvement of sewerage system, garbage cleaning, transport and roads will be improved. The Prime Minister said that the problems of Karachi would be solved on a permanent basis.

The sewerage system will be completely repaired, circular railways will be restored, the problem of solid waste management will also be solved. Let it be done, the difficult time that the people of Karachi have spent will show that the pending issues will be resolved.

He said that both the federal and provincial governments would co-operate in a package of Rs. 1100 billion to solve the problems facing the disaster-hit city of Karachi. Has gone.

Under the Karachi Transformation Plan, the problems of transport, solid waste, water and sewerage system will be solved, the project of Karachi Circular Railway will also be completed with this package. The Prime Minister said that due to the problems arising in Karachi due to rains, it was decided to solve all other problems together.

The Prime Minister announced that any decision taken now would be overseen by the Provincial Coordination and Implementation Committee (PCIC). "I used to visit Karachi but we had to create a structure to implement the Corona virus-style decisions, which would be headed by the Sindh chief minister," he said.

He said that the committee includes all the stakeholders while the Pakistan Army has a big role to play in this as we will need the army on flood and sanitation issues.

He said that decisions from PCIC would be easier and obstacles would be removed, which would lead to implementation as plans are made but now they will also be implemented. He said that implementation would be done by PCIC and everyone would be watching from the monitoring committee which would include the federal government, provincial government and army.

The Prime Minister said that on the one hand the people of Karachi had to go through a very difficult situation but it was decided to solve the things that were not happening. The Prime Minister said that Karachi has jurisdiction over various institutions, some are cantonments, some are federal government, some are railways and some are provincial government, which made implementation difficult but now all stakeholders in PCIC will come together. ۔

The Prime Minister expressed the hope that the difficult times that the people of Karachi have gone through would lead to the improvement that the pending issues would be resolved.

PM Imran Khan said that the package he has brought for Karachi is a historic package in which both the federal and provincial governments are cooperating. Explaining the issues to be resolved under the package, the PM said that Karachi's biggest problem There is water and now it has been decided that one part of the K4 project will be taken up by the provincial government and the other part by the federal government and it will be completed as soon as possible to solve Karachi's water problem permanently in the next three years.

He said that the second issue was that of drains where there were encroachments and poor people were living there, for which NDMA was cleaning the drains while the Sindh government had taken up the responsibility of providing alternative accommodation to the people living there.

The Prime Minister said that there is a huge problem of sewerage system in Karachi on which it was decided that the problem of sewerage system will be completely solved in a package of Rs. 1100 billion as well as one time solid waste. A system will be created by solving the problem.

Referring to the issue of transport, he said that the circular railway of Karachi would be completed in the same package and various problems of roads would also be solved. We had to make an effort and now we have decided to make a similar joint effort on the flood.

He said that all the issues have been settled and compromises have been made. There is a short term plan which is for one year then there is a medium term plan and then there is a long term plan which is for a maximum of 3 years.

Earlier, the Prime Minister paid an important visit to Karachi, the country's largest city and economic hub, where he was received by Sindh Governor and Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar. He was accompanied by Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Amir Mahmood Kayani.

After an air tour of the city, Prime Minister Imran Khan reached the Governor House. A meeting of the Karachi Transformation Committee was held at the Governor House Karachi under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister in which Federal Ministers Asad Umar, Shibli Faraz, Ali Zaidi and Aminul Haq besides Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali. Shah was also present.

Under the Karachi Transformation Plan, consultations were held on mega projects of the Sindh government and the federal and Sindh governments pledged to work together for the construction and development of Karachi.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah thanked the Prime Minister for his visit and apprised him of the damage caused by the recent rains in Sindh and the steps taken by the provincial government. During the meeting another committee was set up to monitor the projects under Karachi Transformation Plan. It has been decided to set up.

In addition, a meeting on the situation in Karachi was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan at Governor House Sindh on Saturday. Aziz, DG ISI Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Provincial Ministers Saeed Ghani, Nasir Shah and senior officers were present.

The Prime Minister was given a detailed briefing on the Karachi Transformation Plan. The Prime Minister said that Karachi is the most important city and economic hub of Pakistan. Its problems can be solved through mutual cooperation.

The Prime Minister said that he was happy that all the partners including the Federal Government, Pakistan Army and the Provincial Government of Sindh were present in Karachi to solve the problems of the country. Assured of possible help.

A delegation of businessmen and business community called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at Governor House on Saturday. The delegation congratulated the Prime Minister on his successful strategy in the face of the epidemic and paid tribute to the business community for providing incentives.

The Prime Minister said that the business community plays a key role in the development of the country and it is the duty of the government to provide all facilities to them. Facilitating business is a top priority for our government. The Prime Minister said that an integrated policy had been adopted to deal with the epidemic which was necessary to protect the people from the disease as well as ensure the smooth running of the economy.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the development of construction and allied sectors would create employment opportunities. The Prime Minister said that the aim of the government was to bring automation in the business and investment system which would enable businessmen to do business in the shortest possible time and in a transparent manner. Suggestions.

According to the APP, a mega development package of Rs. 1113 billion has been announced for Karachi Transformation Plan. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Media Office on Saturday, on the occasion of Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Karachi, Rs 92 billion for water supply projects, Rs 141 billion for sewage treatment and cleaning of canals including solid waste management under the Karachi Transformation Plan. A package of Rs. 267 billion has been allocated for rehabilitation.

Similarly, Rs 572 billion has been earmarked for construction and repair of roads in Karachi, rail and road transport under mass transit. Thus, a mega package of Rs. 1113 billion has been announced under the Karachi Transformation Plan.