The newly-appointed Karachi Administrator Dr Saif-ur-Rehman, on his first day in office, stopped Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officers from collecting charged parking for the time being.
“No parking fee will be charged until new contracts are issued,” he issued the order in his maiden meeting with the KMC heads of departments after taking charge as Administrator Karachi.
The administrator said no one should collect parking fee in the KMC limits, until the new auction is done and ordered immediate removal of parking staff from the city.
He clearly gave a message that the officers and staff of KMC will not run any kind of parking or any other contract, if anyone is found involved in it, departmental action will be taken against them.
The administrator directed KMC employees to stop running contracts in the Karachi Zoo and Safari Park.
Regarding the city, Dr Saif-ur-Rehman said that in the first phase, 28 major roads of Karachi should be repaired immediately and the condition of the pedestrian bridges will be improved.
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He also ordered to take out the saplings from all the KMC nurseries and plant them on the green belt between the roads.
The administrator ordered to speed up operations to eliminate encroachments in the city and asked the revenue department to meet its target at all costs.
He addressed the heads of all the departments that they have to work with goodwill, hard work and passion for the city so that maximum facilities can be provided to the citizens.
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