At least 25 mechanical sweeping machines imported from China serving people of the metropolitan by sweeping the main thoroughfares and corridors of Karachi.
City District Government Karachi has during last four years purchased machinery worth Rs1.23 billion while further orders for procurement of machinery costing Rs420 million were also issued to respective suppliers.
These machines being inducted in the civic system for solution of citizen's problems including sanitation and cleanliness. City Government is presently utilizing its 25 mechanical sweeping machines used to clean the major roads and corridors of Karachi.
This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while addressing a ceremony held on the occasion of handing over of two modern sweeping machines to Municipal Services Department at Civic Center.
These machines had been imported by city government from China with a cost of Rs12.3 million. The Municipal Services Department will use them for lifting of garbage and domestic waste from roads and cleaning and washing of roads. The American branded machines have the capacity of storing 2 thousand liter water and containing 2.5 tons of garbage at a time. These machines can clean and wash 20 km road in just an hour time and will be used to clean and wash Sharae Faisal, all three Signal free corridors and 5000 Road from Sakhi Hasan to Surjani Town.
Speaking on this occasion Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal said that in today's era of science and technology it has become much easy to solve the problems of citizens. In all over the world machines are being used for rapid solution of the problems of citizens. Till four years back we did not had required machinery, however the Haq Parast leadership of city government succeeded in bringing modern and latest machinery and technology to Karachi in very short time. Today it has record machinery worth billions of rupees. The cleaning and sanitation condition in the city would get better due to these machines.
He said that City Government has besides performing lot of development works also purchased latest machinery as a way to solve the people's problems in least possible time. We have taken all these steps to bring the city government Karachi at par with the developed mega cities of the world and this is another gift from city government to Karachiites.
City District Government Karachi has during last four years purchased machinery worth Rs1.23 billion while further orders for procurement of machinery costing Rs420 million were also issued to respective suppliers.
These machines being inducted in the civic system for solution of citizen's problems including sanitation and cleanliness. City Government is presently utilizing its 25 mechanical sweeping machines used to clean the major roads and corridors of Karachi.
This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while addressing a ceremony held on the occasion of handing over of two modern sweeping machines to Municipal Services Department at Civic Center.
These machines had been imported by city government from China with a cost of Rs12.3 million. The Municipal Services Department will use them for lifting of garbage and domestic waste from roads and cleaning and washing of roads. The American branded machines have the capacity of storing 2 thousand liter water and containing 2.5 tons of garbage at a time. These machines can clean and wash 20 km road in just an hour time and will be used to clean and wash Sharae Faisal, all three Signal free corridors and 5000 Road from Sakhi Hasan to Surjani Town.
Speaking on this occasion Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal said that in today's era of science and technology it has become much easy to solve the problems of citizens. In all over the world machines are being used for rapid solution of the problems of citizens. Till four years back we did not had required machinery, however the Haq Parast leadership of city government succeeded in bringing modern and latest machinery and technology to Karachi in very short time. Today it has record machinery worth billions of rupees. The cleaning and sanitation condition in the city would get better due to these machines.
He said that City Government has besides performing lot of development works also purchased latest machinery as a way to solve the people's problems in least possible time. We have taken all these steps to bring the city government Karachi at par with the developed mega cities of the world and this is another gift from city government to Karachiites.
