Business community resents lack of development in markets, industrial areas

ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Online):: Tahir Abbasi, Senior Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that being the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad should be the ideal city of the country in terms of development but no development work has been done in the city for the last four years.

Due to this situation, markets and industrial areas are presenting a dilapidated look as footpaths and roads are in broken condition and other infrastructure is also in bad shape. He said that Kahuta Industrial Triangle also lacks facilities while traders and customers are facing problems due to lack of parking in business centres.

He said that the sewerage system in Islamabad is not properly working while 90 percent filtration plants are non-functional. He said that the sanitation system is also very poor while most of the city is deprived of street lights except for a few major highways.

Tahir Abbasi further said that CDA Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed during a meeting had assured development works but they were not included in the budget.

He said that if development works in Islamabad are not started soon, the condition of markets and industrial areas would further deteriorate which would badly affect the promotion of trade and industrial activities.

He demanded that CDA should pay urgent attention to this important issue for facilitating the growth of business activities.

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