Secretary Industries Sindh Abdul Rasheed Solangi visited the secretariat of the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industries (HCSTSI) on the invitation of the Chamber. During the visit, he informed the chamber that the Sindh government has approved 1.1 billion rupees for reconstruction of roads and drainage systems in SITE Hyderabad.
He emphatically said that as soon as the government releases said amount, tenders will be issued for it, but along with this, a committee will also be formed consisting of representatives of this chamber and the SITE industries to oversee the infrastructure works at the SITE. The government will release the money to the tenderers upon their satisfactory report.
According to a statement issued here on Sunday, he expressed these views while answering the questions of the business community during his visit to the Secretariat of the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI).
He said that the SITE was established in 1950 on 1264 acres with 497 industries where thousands of people were employed. He said that last week he visited SITE Hyderabad along with MD Site and met industrialists and investors and heard their problems, and during that visit, we personally witnessed the deteriorating situation of SITE Hyderabad. The industrialists and investors stated the problems like blocked drains, sewage water entering the industries, and the destruction of the drainage system, and they demanded that measures be taken for rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads and drainage.
He appreciated that the recommendations of the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industries have always been presented with complete statistics and practical suggestions, and only with the help of these recommendations and suggestions has the Sindh.
