KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar on Saturday urged the Sindh government should utilise Rs700 billion that has been allocated in the provincial budget for the projects in Karachi.
The federal minister was talking to the media after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the groundbreaking of BRT Common Corridor from Taj Medical Complex to Municipal Park along M.A.Jinnah Road.
Asad Umar said that no practical development work was done in Karachi in the past but now the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government had undertaken work on K-4, Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), cleaning of nullahs, and other projects.
The federal minister told a reporter that around Rs65 billion were distributed among the needy, poor and deserving people in Sindh through the Ehsaas Programme.
Speaking about the Karachi Transformation Plan, he said that good progress has been made on all development projects in Karachi for which the federal government was responsible while fast-paced work was underway on the K-4 project, and two railways projects, the KCR and Freight Corridor from Karachi Port to Pippri.
“The Green Line project is also in the last phase of implementation,” he further said, adding that the people of Sindh would see the rapid bus transit line on the roads by the middle of 2021.
“The Green Line project is also in the last phase of implementation,” he further said, adding that the people of Sindh would see the rapid bus transit line on the roads by the middle of 2021.