PM directs transportation for ‘katchi abadis’ around Red Zone
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed for the provision of free-of-cost transport facility to the poor women, elderly and other citizens, residing in slum areas around the Red Zone of Islamabad who carry fire-wood on their shoulders for domestic use.
The prime minister took action on the suggestion of a citizen through the Pakistan Citizen’s Portal, a notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU) stated on Wednesday.
The directives had been issued to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to arrange the transport facility, it added. On the prime minister’s special directives, the CDA has taken steps for the provision of transport facility, under which the women, children and elderly residing in Kachi Abadis (slums) will be given access all way to Muslim Colony.
The PM had said the PCP is the first step towards empowering people, claiming that it will help improve delivery of civic services.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2021.