Karachi: Karachi’s Mayor Waseem Akhtar in a TV morning show today (Thursday), promised that he is going to start working on cleaning up the city and start repairing the damaged city infrastructure immediately.
The mayor has come up with a 100-day plan for the city in which he will focus on the two most critical issues facing the residents: piles of garbage across the metropolis and broken roads, making daily commute a hassle.
Further elaborating his plans, Waseem Akhtar said that his team is working with Union councils (UC) in each district of Karachi to build at least one park, one school and one clinic in each UC during the next 100 days.
“I promise, there will be improvement, definitely some improvement,” he said.
Mayor Waseem Akhtar pointed towards the hurdles that the local government was facing in its attempts to improve the city’s condition and blamed the provincial government for not being able to provide the required funds.
“The local bodies need power, authority and resources to make anything happen. How can we start our work when the province is not willing to help us?” Akhtar said.
He added that this was violation of Article 148 of the Constitution and appealed to the Prime Minister to allocate more budget and authority for Karachi. He also appealed to the Karachi residents to help and support him in his goals to improve the city’s conditions.
