{"id":61356,"date":"2020-02-13T12:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T07:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61356"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:29:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:29:13","slug":"agreement-signed-nehr-e-khayyam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-nehr-e-khayyam.html","title":{"rendered":"Agreement signed to develop Nehr-e-Khayyam Park in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday announced the provincial government\u2019s decision to sign an agreement with the People and Nature Initiative (PANI), a non-governmental organisation, to initiate development work on the Nehr-e-Khayyam Park, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nahr-i-khayyam-become-recreational-spot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nehr-e-Khayyam to become a recreational spot (opens in a new tab)\">Nehr-e-Khayyam to become a recreational spot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This information was revealed during a meeting at the CM House \u2014 with CM Shah informing the attendees that the government had agreed to work with PANI in order to create an environment-friendly facility to preserve the area\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"natural beauty (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-cabinet-approves-beautification-of-nahr-i-khayyam.html\" target=\"_blank\">natural beauty<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement in question was signed by PANI President Shahid Abullah, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar, Secretary Local Government Roshan Shaikh, Asadullah Khan of the KWSB and Dr Saif-ur-Rehamn of the KDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/demolition-of-illegal-building-on-nehr-e-khayyam-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Demolition of illegal building on Nehr-e-Khayyam begins (opens in a new tab)\">Demolition of illegal building on Nehr-e-Khayyam begins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, PANI had suggested plans to clean the sewage water flowing into the canal through the indigenous, sustainable &#8216;reed bed&#8217; technology. According to a press statement, NESPAK will provide the engineering design for the project. Reportedly, PANI has proposed the plantation of hundreds of trees and shrubs, as well as the establishment of a jogging track and viewing decks along the canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/demolition-of-illegal-building-on-nehr-e-khayyam-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Demolition of illegal building on Nehr-e-Khayyam begins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nehr-e-Khayyam, which passes through the Gizri\ncrossing alongside Boat Basin on its\nway to the sea,\nhas been subjected to sewage discharge and waste disposal along the banks. For\nthe last few years, this situation has\nworsened significantly, and further aggravated the\nenvironmental impact of this hazardous\nwaste and sewage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the sources, the\ndevelopment of Nahr-i-Khayyam is\nexpected to cost about PKR 1.5 billion and will be financed by a\nnon-government organisation. In\naddition, the Sindh government will also be spending PKR 50 million in order to erect conduit to sequester and ensure\nsmooth sewage flow in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday announced the provincial government\u2019s decision to sign an agreement with the People and Nature Initiative (PANI), a non-governmental organisation, to initiate development work on the Nehr-e-Khayyam Park, according to news sources. Read: Nehr-e-Khayyam to become a recreational spot This information was revealed during a meeting at the CM House \u2014 with CM Shah informing the attendees that the government had agreed to work with PANI in order to create an environment-friendly facility to preserve the area\u2019s natural beauty. The agreement in question was signed by PANI President Shahid Abullah, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar, Secretary Local Government Roshan Shaikh, Asadullah Khan of the KWSB and Dr Saif-ur-Rehamn of the KDA. Read: Demolition of illegal building on Nehr-e-Khayyam begins Previously, PANI had suggested plans to clean the sewage water flowing into the canal through the indigenous, sustainable &#8216;reed bed&#8217; technology. According to a press statement, NESPAK will provide the engineering design for the project. Reportedly, PANI has proposed the plantation of hundreds of trees and shrubs, as well as the establishment of a jogging track and viewing decks along the canal. Read: Demolition of illegal building on Nehr-e-Khayyam begins The Nehr-e-Khayyam, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":5951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15167],"tags":[40,5393,19097],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-karachi","10":"tag-karachi-environment","11":"tag-nehr-e-khayyam","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Agreement signed to develop Nehr-e-Khayyam - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah authorises the development of Nehr-e-Khayyam in Karachi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-nehr-e-khayyam.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agreement signed to develop Nehr-e-Khayyam - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah authorises the development of Nehr-e-Khayyam in Karachi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-nehr-e-khayyam.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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