Every facilitation of population growth, except in poor cities, has diminished over time. Be it a playground or water, sidewalks, everything is commercialized and sold.News World Ahmed
When I start questioning everything and all becomes blurry. Without leaving any destination or plans, my chaotic world becomes clear and all that I could have missed; comes into my mind. I didn't know the sunsets if I had stayed, the countless stars - the clarity of the world seen through my eyes! Clear
People will remember that if they put their foot in memory, three decades ago, residents would not buy water, many fields were available free of charge to young people, wide sidewalks were just for walking and roads were free of charged parking.News World Ahmed
Most of today's young generation are shocked to hear this and all this is due to poor law and order situation. And citizens were forced to pay even more for the basic amenities they were entitled to, despite paying several taxes.
Today you will visit a city bazaar, hospital and shopping center. You will not be able to handle the demand for parking money for your car or motorcycle and you are compelled to give it away.
According to a report, more than 200 places across the city are charging charging parking fees, with KMC, DMCs, union council cantonment boards and other institutions and some places being influential mafia in this lucrative work.News World Ahmed
On the other hand, these charged parking lots appear to cause traffic jams on the city's busy highways. This is due to more than one lane being parked in the revenue cycle.
Survey report of the Traffic Engineering Bureau released in 1993 News World Ahmed
On a government directive, the Traffic Engineering Bureau (KDA) released a survey in April 1993, indicating that the number of vehicles in the city is increasing ten percent annually. Due to which the problem of pollution and parking is becoming serious.
According to the data, as of December 1992, the number of registered vehicles was 7,797,251. Traffic jam has become a routine due to the unprecedented increase in vehicles and parking space is being reduced day by day. There are 22,724 cars parked daily in eight hours in the President alone.
Started charging parking in downtown Quaid
According to the survey, 17,121 cars are parked in the President's area for one hour, 2 9 291 for two hours one thousand 795 for two to four hours, one thousand one hundred seventy four hours or more. Are. To address these issues, a charged parking scheme was launched.
Provincial government decision News World Ahmed
In the province, a mixed provincial government was established under the leadership of Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Shah. To protect the growing traffic and busy highways from traffic jams, it was reported on April 3, 1993 that the Chief Minister Sindh in a meeting had advised charging parking in some areas of the city as a pilot project.
The scheme will be run by the City Police License Committee as an agency of Municipality of Karachi and will be implemented under the rules and regulations of Municipality of Karachi. The municipality will be consulted to popularize the scheme.News World Ahmed
He further said that the money collected under the scheme would be spent on the traffic system and schemes like road improvement, while the government would give all possible help to the concerned agencies to run the scheme on a sound basis.
Additional Chief Secretary Municipal Commissioner, Commissioner Karachi, DIG Karachi, DIG Traffic Administrator Municipality, DGKDA and Joint Chief CPLC Nazim F Haji were also present on the occasion.
Nazim F Haji had informed the Chief Minister Sindh about the details of the charged parking scheme and the important points.
The first chartered parking of Pakistan and Karachi without President
Started charging parking in downtown Quaid
The first chartered parking in Pakistan's history began on Thursday 22 April 1993. Charged parking has been started at Sir Agha Khan Road and Zeb Alsana Street in Karachi's busy trading center. Two days ago, Administrator Municipality of Karachi, Syed Masood Alam Rizvi, spoke to Khabar Nawaz along with Chairman CPLC Nazim F Haji and Director Traffic Engineering Bureau Malik Zaheer ul Islam. Starting on the road, Tariq Road will also be included in a week.
The charged parking period is 12 hours daily from 8am to 8pm. For this purpose two hundred trained staff dressed in uniform are being appointed. Five for the first two hours on parking fees and Rs 10 for the first two hours on motorcycles and three rupees for the outstanding.
Area residents and vendors are allowed to park unpaid vehicles. For this purpose, an amount of Rs. It was stated on the occasion that no vehicle other than on-duty public vehicle will be exempt from charged parking.
In case of success, he said that these points are expected to generate monthly income of Rs. However, only 8 months later, by the end of the year