TheKorangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI) has expressed grave concern over administrative action on roundabouts of Korangi Industrial Area and termed it as a misplaced step. President KATI Saleem-uz-Zamanhas said that on the request of municipal administration KATI asked the industries to adopt roundabouts of KIA to play their role in beautification of city and as a CSR initiative. He mentioned that on our request and assurances of administration private companies invested millions of rupees for the beautification of these roundabouts and were paying hundreds of thousands for the maintenance on monthly basis. “Now abruptly the administration people came and strip off these renovated roundabout on the basis of an order against advertisement on public place” he added. He said roundabouts in KIA were adopted and it cannot be called advertisement in strict sense. He urged the local bodies minister of Sindh Nasir Ali Shah and Commissionaire Karachi to take immediate notice of this action and take necessary steps to revise it. He further said that these kind of one-sided and not well deliberated actions would shackle the confidence of business confidence for playing their such role in future.
