Press Release
16-05-2024
Hyderabad ( ) Managing Director Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) Ghazanfar Qadri has said that Rs3200m package had been prepared for Hyderabad Site area and as soon as funds were released from government work would be started on the package.
He was addressing members of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) on Thursday. He said that because industrialists were backbone of economy. He said that when industries perform it leads to employment. He said that all possible facilities would be provided to industrialists. He disclosed that digitized online facilitation centres would be set up for industrialists to provide them facilities at their doorsteps.
He maintained that new industrial zones were being set-up Rs3bn would be spent for drainage and treatment project. He said that industrialists were tenants of Site area and without Site’s no objection certificate they would not pay tax to any other department.
He said that Sindh government was not providing to Site and salaries and pensions of employees were being paid through amount collected under tenancy. He said that effort would be made to utilize tenancy for betterment of site.
HCCI President Adeel Siddiqui welcomed MD Site and said that HCCI felt that Site was serious in resolving problems of industrialists. He said that industrialists contribute 90pc of GDP in the country. He said conditions of Site were before everyone whereas infrastructure was just broken. He said that accidents had become the order of the day and provision of water supply and drainage had become a major problem for industrialists. He said that encroachments were increasing in the area which had destroyed industrial environment.
HCCI Chief said that Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) was asking to pay property tax although they were tenants of Site. He said that 34 industrialists had paid money for plots but they were not given industrial plots despite lapse of two decades for Site phase II. He further said that if new industrial zone is to today industrialist activities would start next day.
Former Sindh Assembly Member Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui said that industrialization must increase in Sindh. He said roads had been destroyed in site and industrialists should be provided one window facility.
Industrialists informed MD Site excise department is recovering tax from industrialists on imports and site recovers infrastructure tax but funds were not released for site development. He said that industrialists termed drainage and sewerage system inefficient. HCCI Vice President Awais Khan thanked the guest.
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