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672 MW energy project for Karachi (a public-private partnership)
Sindh Government is initiating a project under Public Private Partnership to produce 672 megawatts of electricity from garbage in Karachi to help reduce the power shortage in the country.
The project will be a joint venture of Sindh Government and US based Princeton Environment Group that will execute the project.
The project will also help clean the city.
Radio Pakistan
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Karachi Mass Transit update; 5 bus transit and 2 metro rail transit systems
Sindh budget for the year 2015-16 presented on Thursday promised revival of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) besides five bus transit, two metro rail transit for the mega city.
Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his budget speech said the Karachi Mass Transit Project with the circular railway, five bus rapid transit and two metro rail transit have been planned to fulfil the transportation needs of Karachi.
He said the government of Sindh would start five BRT projects in the next FY 2015-16.
Yellow Line which will pass through Orangi Industrial Area and terminates at Saddar (Regal)
Orange Line Project connects District West to BRT Green Line at Board Office Chowrangi
Red Line Project will operate in the thickly populated area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Green Line Project passes through the heart of the city, starts at MunicipalPark (AurangzebPark) and culminates at KESC Powerhouse
Blue Line Project starts at BahriaTown and it has two terminating points. One ends at the airport and the other at MW Tower
The BRT Yellow Line project is under implementation in PPP Mode with an estimated cost of Rs 13 billion. Its route is 26 km long, and will facilitate 150,000 commuters per day.
The concession agreement of the project will be signed in this month and financial close is expected to be achieved in three months. “We will start physical work on this project by October 2016. The estimated completion time is 18 months,” the minister said.
The BRT Orange line project is being implemented under ADP at a cost of Rs 2.364 billion. It is 4.7 km long and will facilitate 50,000 daily commuters. “We have kept the entire allocation for the project in next year’s ADP. It is expected to commence in August 2016. The BRT Green Line Project will cost Rs. 16 billion and will be funded by the federal government. It is a 21 km long corridor and will facilitate over 400,000 daily commuters. The project execution is expected from July 2015,” he added.
The federal government has promised to complete this project in one year; however, the entire allocation has not been kept in the federal PSDP of 2015-16. “We are following this up with the federal government. The BRT Red Line Project will be implemented through ADP at an estimated cost of Rs 15 billion.”
This project is expected to be funded through 85 per cent loan from China and 15 per cent contribution of the government of Sindh for which Rs 2 billion have been allocated in FY 2015-16. This corridor is 22 km long and will facilitate 350,000 commuters each day. “We hope to start the project in the next FY and commission it in the year 2017.
The Blue Line project will be implemented under PPP mode as BRT, but will be convertible to MRT. Its corridor is 54 kms long and will facilitate 357,000 per day. It is expected to be executed from December 2015 to May 2017. An amount of Rs 10 billion is allocated under VGF funding for this Project. In addition to above, 36 green buses have been made road worthy and are now plying on city routes. Additionally, modern bus terminals have also been planned for Karachi city,” he explained.
The government of Sindh is also fully committed for the Revival of Karachi Circular Railways project with the assistance of JICA. The KCR will have a dual track of 43.3 km with 24 stations at an average distance of 1.5 km. The estimated cost of the project is US $ 2.6 billion. JICA appraisal mission is expected during FY 2015-16 for negotiations/signing of loan agreement. “We are also talking to the Chinese to assist us in this project in case the JICA funding does not go through.
The Brown Line MRT from Nagan Chowrangi to Landhi is also under active consideration and we are talking to Chinese to provide funding for this project.”
The Karachi Sewerage Project S-III is a mega project for treated sewerage disposal for Karachi having a cost of Rs 7.982 billion out of which the federal government has to contribute Rs 3.991 billion. The project is conceived to enhance the capacity of sewerage treatment of 500 MGD. The total sewerage generated in the city is 465 MGD. Rupees 1 billion has been allocated in the ADP 2015-16. This project will have immense environmental and health related benefits, in keeping with our vision of a clean, green Sindh.
The Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme K-IV has been envisioned at a cost of Rs 25.522 billion with 50 per cent share of government of Sindh to address the water shortage issues of Karachi. Presently, Karachi is drawing 1200 cusecs (650MGD) approved quota of water from Indus, which is insufficient for the ever-increasing water demand of 23 million people of Karachi. The K-IV project is planned for provision of additional 1200 cusecs (650 MGD) in three phases. The government of Sindh has allocated 485 cusecs (260 MGD) of additional water quota for the first phase of K-IV project, which will be completed by 2018. Rupees Rs 2.5 billion have been earmarked for this project for the next FY. It is expected that the federal government will match this allocation.
In addition to above a major initiative for waste management in Karachi is being undertaken by the Sindh Waste Management Board.
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Accident Emergency & Ancillary Services Complex will be set up at Civil Hospital Karachi having a cost of Rs 6.3 billion. This facility will be completed by December 2015. Construction of 400 Bedded Hospital at NIPA Chowrangi Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi has a cost of Rs 1.73 billion.
Other projects include
- Establishment of Children Hospital at SIUT Karachi with a cost Rs 577 million
- Establishment of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical Complex at National Highway near Razzaqabad
- Extension of the services of SIUT at Karachi at the cost of Rs 1.5 billion
- Conversion of selected existing schools into model schools (primary, secondary and higher secondary of CDGK)
- Establishment of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto University of Law at Karachi with a cost of Rs 1.2 billion
- Strengthening/Upgradation of Jinnah Sindh Medical University Karachi at the cost of Rs 1 billion
- Establishment of Medical College at Karachi with Rs 1 billion
- Construction of three Lane Flyover at Malir 15 at Shahrah-e-Faisal Karachi
- Construction of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Flyover at Shaheen Complex
- Up-gradation of Dhabeji Pumping Station
- 65 MGD additional water supply from Haleji to Pipri having cost of Rs 6.2 billion
- Widening/improvement of main hawks bay road, Karachi
- Reconstruction and rehabilitation of Jam Sadique Bridge Korangi
- Construction of flyover at Malir Halt at a cost of Rs 386 million
- Construction of Madar-e-Jamhoriyat Nusrat Bhutto Under pass at Mehran Hotel at a cost of Rs 458.761 million
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2000 acres of land allotted for Japan Industrial zone
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has assured the Japanese investors for providing all possible support to get more investment from their companies in the province.
Talking to the Consul General of Japan in Karachi, Chief Minister welcomed the Japanese company Marubeni investment.
The Chief Minister Sindh said that Japan is a good friend of Pakistan as such we in Karachi have allocated 2000 acres of land for Japan industrial zone.
The Chief Minister invited the Japanese companies & investors to avail the concessions priorities of Sindh Govt by investing more in Sindh province which have good potential of investment in Agriculture, Irrigation, Energy and infrastructure.
http://www.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail/67130/8
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Two Natural History Museums to be constructed in Karachi
KARACHI: Two planned Natural History Museums will cost around Rs 20 million including construction and development in the coming months each at Karachi Zoo and Safari Park respectively.
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed, Director Local Government Rubina Asif, senior Director Culture Sports and Recreation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Raza Abbas, represntatives of World Wildlife Fund, Zoology Department of Karachi University, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Sindh Wildlife Department and directors of Zoo and Safari Park attended the meeting in this regard.
Meeting was informed the museums would be made of the kind, which existed in zoos, globally. A 3,000 square yard land would be allocated in Safari Park for this purpose, while museum would be built in a building adjacent to Karachi Zoo, encircled with galleries on its four sides.
WWF already allocated Rs 1 million for development of museums in this regard.
Zoo and Safari Park would provide aesthetic atmosphere in collaboration with Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture.
The meeting reviewed arrangement being made for care of animals, their food and the condition requirements of cages for the animals.
The meeting decided to approach corporate sector to raise funds to ease off financial constraints of KMC mainly from Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, KCCI and various industrial and trade bodies.
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Up-gradation of Government Children Hospital completed
KARACHI: The up-gradation work of Sindh Government Children Hospital, North Karachi has been completed and inauguration ceremony of the new building will be held soon, sources at Children Hospital said on Wednesday.
They said up-gradation of the Children Hospital in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already been completed and the hospital administration has sent a summery for formal inauguration of the new building to the Sindh Health Department.
They said with the up-gradation of the hospital, the number of beds for patients has been increased to 250 enabling the hospital to accommodate 250 patients at a time.
The improved facilities include operation theatres, medical and surgical ICUs, nursery incubators, ventilator unit, surgery facilities, orthopedic unit, MRI, CT scan, diagnosis unit, as well as treatment of other child diseases.
The hospital has become second largest children healthcare institution in city after National Institute of Child Hospital (NICH).
The project has been completed at a cost of over Rs1 billion.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-18...ital-completed
Sindh to get three liver transplant centers
Provincial Health Minister Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that liver transplantation will be started in:
1-Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi
2-Dow Hospital/University, Karachi
3-Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences, Gambat
He said that Cardiac Surgery and Kidney Transplantation were also being done in Sukkur Civil Hospital while Angioplasty was carried out in Civil Hospital Hyderabad.
Mehtab Dahar said: ‘The government of Sindh is fully prepared to fulfil the requirements of all public hospitals and the requirements of SIUT can be meted out up to Rs 500 million.
’He told that a three-member committee had been formed to look into the affairs of Civil Hospital Hyderabad, headed by Additional Secretary Health. He said that actions were being taken against absent doctors and no one would be spared if found guilty. ‘Up-gradation of government hospitals is the part of forthcoming budget 2015-16 in order to provide facilities to the patients.’
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015...nters-by-june/
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