February 11, 2010
By Irfan Aligi
KARACHI: The Clifton Cantonment Board (CBC) was making concerted efforts to overcome the elusive problem of acute water shortage in the area.
He said that CBC would employ scientific and specialized machinery for detecting and identifying 30 to 35 percent underground water leakages from water supply lines, which accentuate the water shortage problem.
CBC president Brig Tirmizi stated this during a meeting with the representatives of Association of defence Residents (ADR) on Thursday. ADR chairman Attique-ur-Rehman had led the delegation. CEO Cantt Board Clifton Ms Zeenat Ahmad also attended. DHA and CBC officials were also present on the occasion.
The ADR was further informed that the Siemens engineers have lately completed the intricate repair works of DHA Cogen Power and Desalination Plant, which might resume uninterrupted operation once again soon after the final check and certification by a German expert.
Meanwhile, Brig Tirmizi has asked DHA to arrange a presentation for the residents’ associations on the efficacy of plant by the management of Defence Cogen Ltd (DCL).
Brig Tirmizi stressed the need of frequent interaction between residents associations and DHA for getting realistic and useful feedback on various issues of interest, adding that ADR’s active participation in DHA’s affairs was catalyst in building it as an elite housing scheme.
The delegation was informed that the Zamzama Parking Plaza was being completed by 50 percent. Nevertheless, the contractor was finding it difficult to complete the project due to the financial crunch but the DHA was negotiating the issue to get the project completed at the earliest.
The delegation was further briefed that the DHA had recently imposed differential charges on all residential and commercial plots in DHA Phase-VII Extension area in order to make payment to Sindh government on account of increased cost of land and for obtaining land lease. However, The DHA would request the Sindh government at apex level to review the case of differential charges favourably in the best interest of the public.
The meeting was also informed that DHA has asked National Institute of Oceanography to suggest concrete measures for sea view wall repair from Village Restaurant to Golf Course. The Delegation was further informed that since the last eight years DHA has not laid any Asbestos-made water infrastructure while the older such installations were being replaced.
The ADR secretary Asad Qizalbash, Aziz Suharwardy also attended the meeting.
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