ICCI urges CDA to repair roads around Dry Port

Islamabad
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called upon the Capital Development Authority to repair the broken roads of Islamabad Dry Port and Industrial Areas on priority in order to facilitate the growth of trade and industrial activities.
Atif Ikram Sheikh, ICCI President, said that Islamabad Dry Port road was broken for the last 10 years, but CDA was paying no attention to its repair due to which the heavy loaded vehicles going to dry port and industrial areas were facing great problems. He stressed that CDA should work on war-footing to repair these broken roads and restore the faulty streetlights of these areas.
He said that hundreds of cargo vehicles daily ply on dry port and industrial areas roads in Islamabad but due to dilapidated conditions of these roads, many vehicles develop faults. He said government was earning millions of rupees from dry port and industrial areas in terms of sales tax and excise duty but was paying no attention to develop these roads at par with international standards due to which business community was facing great inconvenience.
Sheikh Pervez Ahmed, Senior Vice President, and Sheikh Abdul Waheed, Vice President, said that condition of roads in Sector I-11 near Metro Habib Cash and Carry was also pathetic as these roads were dotted with big potholes.