KMC to run public parks on rental basis
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Monday decided to run its public parks on a rental basis or through public-private partnership (P-PP).
The general council meeting also approved the collection of tax from wedding halls except this in the cantonment areas, besides increasing the fee of pathology labs at KMC hospitals and imposing fine on car wash gangs that operate outside the commercial centres.
Mayor Murtaza Wahab chaired the general council session of KMC on Monday, accompanied by Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad and Municipal Commissioner Syed Mohammad Afzal Zaidi.
A total of 14 key resolutions were passed during the session, addressing both administrative reforms and matters of public interest.
A resolution was passed to pay tribute to the Pakistan Army for the successful Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos. The council approved the determination of the number of KMC committees.
Authority to issue trade licenses was delegated to Union Committees. A resolution was passed to resolve the land dispute between KMC and K-Electric regarding Railway Quarters. Fines were imposed on illegal car washing In front of commerical centres and plazas and unauthorized use of water from water board pipelines in nurseries. The imprest account limit for the Enterprise and Investment Promotion Department was increased.
Moreover charges for laboratory tests conducted at KMC hospitals were revised and increased. A plot in Orangi Township was split - one part allocated to Pakistan Post, and the other designated for auction or a public-private partnership.
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