CDGK, NED ink agreement
January 26, 2010
Karachi
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the NED University of Engineering and Technology for a research project being carried out, under USAID, by the NED University and the University of Mississippi, USA.
The project involves the utilisation of the CDGK’s Command & Control Center (C&CC) to improve traffic flow and develop an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for Karachi. The MoU was signed by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and NED University Registrar Engineer Javed Aziz Khan at a ceremony held on Monday in the KWSB Head Office.
The participants at the ceremony included NED University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muzaffar Mehmood, Civil Engineering & Architecture Department Dean Prof. Dr Sahibzada Farooq Ahmed Rafeequi, Urban and Infrastructure Engineering Chairman Prof. Dr Mir Shabbar Ali, Controller of Services Syed Wasiuddin, Urban Engineering Department Lecturers. Madiha Abid and Afzal Ahamd, DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan, Municipal Services EDO Masood Alam, C&CC In charge Faheem Qureishi, and others.
A lively discussion was headed by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, where participants appreciated the traffic engineering and operational infrastructure put in place by the CDGK. The speakers concluded that through research and studies, the NED University could identify traffic problems and the causes of the failure of traffic management. They could also provide recommendations and remedies to cope with these issues for a better traffic management system in the metropolis.
Cameras installed at various locations in Karachi by the CDGK can play a vital role in managing traffic efficiently, improving traffic flow, and reducing congestion at all major and supplementary arteries. According to the MoU, researchers from the NED University will be provided access to the city government’s C&CC, while the Signal-Free Corridor-III will be used as the NED-CDGK Road Lab for research and development of the ITS-based traffic management system.
Kamal expressed hope that a better and permanent solution could be reached through the coordination of universities, especially professional educational institutions that can correctly identify problems and give valuable suggestions. He further said that despite spending billions of rupees on traffic engineering, problems still persisted due to the absence of better enforcement and lack of action from the traffic police against violations of rules.
Kamal said that most traffic problems were related to management and not traffic engineering. Though such problems were solved by all big cities through a mass transit system, the CDGK did not have the resources to carry out such a huge project that cost billions of dollars on its own; only the federal government can do this for Karachi, he said.
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the NED University of Engineering and Technology for a research project being carried out, under USAID, by the NED University and the University of Mississippi, USA.
The project involves the utilisation of the CDGK’s Command & Control Center (C&CC) to improve traffic flow and develop an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for Karachi. The MoU was signed by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and NED University Registrar Engineer Javed Aziz Khan at a ceremony held on Monday in the KWSB Head Office.
The participants at the ceremony included NED University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muzaffar Mehmood, Civil Engineering & Architecture Department Dean Prof. Dr Sahibzada Farooq Ahmed Rafeequi, Urban and Infrastructure Engineering Chairman Prof. Dr Mir Shabbar Ali, Controller of Services Syed Wasiuddin, Urban Engineering Department Lecturers. Madiha Abid and Afzal Ahamd, DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan, Municipal Services EDO Masood Alam, C&CC In charge Faheem Qureishi, and others.
A lively discussion was headed by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, where participants appreciated the traffic engineering and operational infrastructure put in place by the CDGK. The speakers concluded that through research and studies, the NED University could identify traffic problems and the causes of the failure of traffic management. They could also provide recommendations and remedies to cope with these issues for a better traffic management system in the metropolis.
Cameras installed at various locations in Karachi by the CDGK can play a vital role in managing traffic efficiently, improving traffic flow, and reducing congestion at all major and supplementary arteries. According to the MoU, researchers from the NED University will be provided access to the city government’s C&CC, while the Signal-Free Corridor-III will be used as the NED-CDGK Road Lab for research and development of the ITS-based traffic management system.
Kamal expressed hope that a better and permanent solution could be reached through the coordination of universities, especially professional educational institutions that can correctly identify problems and give valuable suggestions. He further said that despite spending billions of rupees on traffic engineering, problems still persisted due to the absence of better enforcement and lack of action from the traffic police against violations of rules.
Kamal said that most traffic problems were related to management and not traffic engineering. Though such problems were solved by all big cities through a mass transit system, the CDGK did not have the resources to carry out such a huge project that cost billions of dollars on its own; only the federal government can do this for Karachi, he said.
