Asphalt plant, hundreds of vehicles repaired at facility. PHOTO: FILE
The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) Mayor and Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Sheikh Anser Aziz said this while chairing a progress review meeting regarding carpeting work of road in Islamabad here on Wednesday.
Mayor Aziz said that 11 months back the asphalt mixing plant of IMC had been made fully functional and now its production capacity is 1,500 kilogrammes per day, which can carpet an area of 135 square feet.
The Korean made asphalt mixing plant was installed in MPO workshop 25 years ago and remained non-functional due to which MPO had to award contract for carpeting of roads worth millions of rupees. “But now this plant has been made functional and its production capacity is covering the carpeting work of different roads in Islamabad,”
Mayor said that some 200km of road network in the federal capital had been carpeted, which helped to save Rs120 million.
He said that MPO was no more a burden on IMC and now it had become more productive and financially stable wing of MPO. He said engines of eight out of order buses of CDA had been overhauled with complete body refurbishing at MPO workshop besides of repairing and maintenance work of 23 water tankers and bus of CDA Model School had been completed in the workshop during the last 11 months.
MPO Directorate was in the position to generate salaries of employees besides bearing cost of heavy machinery from its own income, which is highly encouraging for us. He said that production from Asphalt Plant of MPO Directorate helped to save Rs 37 per cent of expenses and this saving ratio could further increase by providing more heavy machinery and latest technical facilities.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2017.
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