Major Karachi Road to Get Beautification Upgrade

The city government is ramping up beautification efforts along Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi, with a focus on enhancing landscaping, greenery, road repairs, parking management, and clearing encroachments. During a meeting, Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi assessed the ongoing developments and instructed relevant departments to further enhance the visual appeal and overall condition of this key thoroughfare.

The beautification initiative encompasses planting and landscaping at various points, installing hedges to hide exposed areas and unsightly wires, and incorporating American grass and natural greenery near Fozia Wahab Bridge and Mansion Banquet. Additionally, coloring and tile work along boundary edges is in progress.

Discussions at the meeting also addressed essential repairs such as road patchwork, cleanliness, footpath and green belt improvements, curb-stone painting, and encroachment elimination. Authorities have successfully removed encroachments and debris from Baloch Colony Bridge and Shahrah-e-Faisal flyovers, clearing Jersey barriers beneath Baloch Colony Bridge.

Footpath maintenance, patchwork, painting, and encroachment removal around Baloch Colony and Fozia Wahab flyovers have been finalized. Moreover, a modern U-turn and wider cuts beneath Fozia Wahab Bridge have been completed to improve traffic circulation, with the area being asphalted.

The authorities also tackled the issue of disorganized parking along service roads, particularly near high-rise commercial structures. They plan to establish well-organized parking in the green belt between Kawish Crown and Rumi Mosque, with paved spaces for commercial offices to mitigate traffic congestion. K-Electric, KMC, and private cable operators will collaborate to underground or remove hanging and inactive cables along Shahrah-e-Faisal.