Many believe Dhar MUMBAI: Many believe Dharavi, India's largest slum in the heart of Mumbai, is also Asia's largest. Wrong, says a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council decided on Thursday to revive the Karachi Circular Railway as a modern commuter system at a cost of Rs128.5 billion.
The committee suggested dualisation of railway tracks with the provision of two dedicated tracks along the main lines from Karachi City station to Drigh Road.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Tuesday the government had approved a Rs20 billion package for the improvement and development of Karachi. The package includes Rs7 billion contributed by the federal government, he added.
The chief minister stated this during a meeting with City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal at the Chief Minister
Cure from Cuba: Two Cuban epidemiologists arrived in Sri Lanka to help the government combat a dengue epidemic. Cuba has been controlling dengue with Bacillus Thuringensis Israelensis bacteria that kills the larvae of the mosquitoes that spread dengue. The epidemiologists will help set up a framework to control mosquito breeding before the government imports the bacteria from Cuba.
The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the city district government on Tuesday to submit on Aug 18 a plan for pure and hygienic water supply to the city along with an estimate of the funds required.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Sajjad Ali Shah observed while hearing a public interest petition filed by Advocate Islam Hussain that
The federal government has approved the project of CNG buses for Karachi under which 1,600 buses will start plying city roads during the current year, said City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that the federal government also approved a loaning programme under which it would provide a subsidy amounting to Rs300 million to the operators of CNG bu
Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) are all set to sign an implementation agreement to develop the 'pollution free' Coal, Cement and Clinker Terminal (CCCT) worth $175 million at Port Qasim.
The Federal government has started implementation of launching of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses in all the major cities of the country and it will be completed by the end of 2010.
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurated on Monday a CNG bus project, saying that it was a gift for the citizens of Karachi and would ease their transport and pollution problems.
In the first phase, the city government will run 50 CNG-powered buses on two different routes
After the first downpour of monsoon season in Karachi, the outbreak of viral and bacterial diseases, like gastro-enteritis, has been reported from various health facilities of the metropolis due to the failure of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to provide clean drinking water to the consumers.
