There is a bad news regarding the Karachi Safe City project, which has been lying in papers and files for many years, that DIG Police Maqsood Ahmed Memon has been transferred from the post of Director General Safe City.
According to the sources, the charge of the city from the DG has now been given to DIG Police Asif Ijaz Sheikh, who has started meetings with the relevant authorities in this regard.
A few years ago, the budget to complete the Safe City program was revealed at 29 billion rupees, after which the project went up to 40 billion rupees due to the ever-increasing value of the dollar.
Deputy Inspector General of Security and Emergency Services under Sindh Police, Maqsood Ahmed Memon, was made DG Karachi City Program in January 2020.
He resumed work on this project as soon as he assumed charge, Maqsood Ahmed Memon finalized the Karachi Safe City program by holding successive meetings with relevant domestic and foreign institutions and companies in the early days.
Due to the efforts of DIG Maqsood Memon, dozens of police quarters were vacated in Sadar Police Line, DG Safety provided Rs 25 lakh cash and alternative housing documents to the displaced Sadar police personnel.
Maqsood Memon worked on an emergency basis for the Safe City Program in Karachi, securing contracts for very good quality cameras and infrastructure from relevant foreign companies and institutions.
A big company was doing the work of laying fiber optic for Karachi Safe City for 11 billion rupees in three years, which was reduced by Maqsood Memon to one and a half billion rupees and the duration of the work was reduced to six months, the budget of the program This was the biggest saving cut.
Apart from this, various vendors and contractors were taken out and directly discussed with the companies, due to which this project of 40 billion rupees was brought to 22 billion rupees.
It should be noted that the value of the dollar had doubled during this time, but despite this, the project was locked at 22 billion rupees.
As the 22 billion rupees project was planned, the various contractors or the commission mafia were not to get anything, perhaps this was the reason that despite the completion of all the arrangements, funds were not provided by the government and now suddenly Maqsood Memon was removed from the post of DG Safety. Is.
According to the police sources, the corrupt and corrupt elements of the important concerned government bodies became a big obstacle in the way of transparent completion of this project.
According to the sources, this project has been delayed for more than a year, if the funds were released on time, this project should have been completed by now.
Experts are disappointed and there is an impression that now the project is not expected to be completed even at double the cost of 22 billion rupees.
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