Karachi : The Commissioner karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi chaired a weekly meeting to review the progress of the improvement of traffic related and other civic issues. held at his office on Monday.
The meeting discussed and planned actions to improve traffic flow, eliminate haphazard parking and illegal parking, restore basement parking in commercial buildings, and remove encroachments from footpaths and roads. Important decisions were made to make these actions effective.
All Deputy Commissioners attended the meeting. Deputy Commissioner South Altaf Sario, Deputy Commissioner Central Fauad Ghaffar Soomro, and Deputy Commissioner Keamari Juned Khan briefed the Commissioner on various city improvement measures in their respective districts. Other Deputy Commissioners shared their efforts via video link.
Food department officials also attended the meeting and briefed the commissioner on the measures to check the quality of milk and other food items and prevent the sale of adulterated or unhealthy food. The meeting reviewed and decide that Food department officials would check the food quality with the concerned district administration officials
In the meeting, it was decided that Deputy Commissioners will take action to solve the problems of encroachments, parking, billboards, and construction materials with
comprehensive planning,incoordination with concerned departments including with Traffic Police, Municipal Institutions, Town Administration, and Sindh Building Control Authority.
It was decided that the Deputy Commissioners will identify ten model roads in their respective districts, conduct a survey of the mentioned problems, and take action to solve them with planning. The meeting also decided that all Deputy Commissioners will inform the Commissioner’s office about the work plan they will make in this regard.
It was also decided in the meeting that a list will be made of commercial buildings where basement parking is being avoided with consultation of SBCA. The Sindh Building Control Authority will be informed about the non-compliance by these buildings, and they will work together to restore basement parking
It was decided in the meeting that roadside hotels, footpaths, service roads, roads, and green belts will be cleared of all kinds of soft encroachments, including chairs and patharas.
It was also decided in the meeting that if any institution has been allowed to place patharas or any type of encroachment for business purposes on the roadsides, the relevant Deputy Commissioner will get their permits cancelled with the support of the relevant municipal agency .
A detailed review of the measures to eliminate haphazard parking and illegal parking was taken in the meeting. It was decided that strict action will be taken on all No parking zones in the city.The roads where there is issue of traffic congestion will be declared as no-parking roads. Necessary rules will be required to be followed by the road users and the concerned agency would install mandatory No parking zone traffic sign.
