Hill Park neglected in past, says Wahab

Administrator says renovation of 100 parks started in Central district

KARACHI:

The beautiful Hill Park in Karachi was neglected in the past, said Administrator of Karachi Murtaza Wahab inaugurating a flower exhibition at the park on Sunday.

"I am continuously renovating the city parks since taking charge. It is a pleasure to see the citizens enjoying these parks," the administrator talking to the media persons after the floriculture display at Hill Park, said.

Former provincial minister Jamil Yousuf, PPP leader Iqbal Khan, Shakeel Chaudhry, Dawat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Yaqub Attari, Director General Parks Junaidullah Khan and other officers were also present on the occasion.

The Administrator Karachi said that he was playing his role in dispelling the impression that institutions are not working. He said that the KMC has started the process of fixing all the parks for the citizens and this is the eighth big flower show in the last three months.

He said that the renovation of Frere Hall, Taleemi Bagh, Sir Syed Park, Bagh e Rustam, Hill Park, Kidney Hill Park is a proof that the Parks and Horticulture Department is doing its job well. He said that renovation project of 100 parks has been started in Central District which is going on successfully.

"I would like to pay tribute to the administration of KMC's Parks Department for carrying out all this work at no extra cost," he said and added that four major institutions of the city have collaborated under publicprivate partnership.

 He said that in collaboration with these institutions, they are carrying out the renovation work of PIDC Bridge, Natha Khan Bridge, Empress Market and Frere Hall. Bohri Jamaat, Faizan Global Relief Foundation had also played its role in the urban forest and tree planting campaign in the city.

In response to a question, the Administrator Karachi said that I have suggested that Lyari Expressway be opened for heavy traffic but the federal government is not playing its role. He said that heavy traffic passes through the roads of Karachi which often leads to traffic jams.

"The Lyari Expressway is operated by the National Highway Authority but it does not want to allow heavy traffic from Karachi to pass through the expressway " he added.