A country has to keep developing itself. But it does not happen within a day. No, in fact, it takes several smaller contributions that together show how developed a country is. But at an international platform, how can someone visualize a country? It is through the depiction of the big cities and metro cities. So in Pakistan, as well, the most basic way to see how developed Pakistan is to see the projects in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta.
Developmental Projects in Karachi
Governments do make an effort to announce projects. And that is a landmark in itself because getting projects approved in any country is a war on its own. However, if getting projects approved is all that is on the agenda, then the projects in Karachi have proved us wrong.
Researching another project, we stumbled across an interesting finding. It turns out that numerous unique projects were announced, but they were never executed. Now, it could be that we get excited every time a project gets announced, and the ones announcing the project get the praise, but they never work on it. So we decided to make a list of all the projects that were so fantastic that they made us wonder, “Will Pakistan really get innovations like these?” But then we never heard about them again.
1. Double Decker Buses
We do say that Karachi does not have many places to hang out, but we need to understand that the city is mostly unexplored. And with the history hidden in the city, there is much that we can explore. And for that purpose, it was announced that there would be double-decker buses in Karachi that will give tours to the city’s visitors. The announcement was made in 2016.
2. Green Line Buses
Yes, the government has announced that these buses will be operational hopefully by August 2021. But the reason we added this project to the list is that the project was supposed to go live in 2017. What led to there being a 4-year gap?
3. Free Wifi
In the year 2015, it was announced that Karachiites would have access to free wifi. 6 years later, paying for a PKR 500 package for the internet proves otherwise. But at least, at that moment, it made us happy, didn’t it?
4. LED Street Lights
What do LED street lights do? They basically make sure that when it is still light, they remain off. And when it is dark, the street lights switch-on on their own. Even if some areas did get these types of lights, they were in some hidden area that we were not privy to.
5. Tourist Boats
For a port city, not having any tourist boats is, I would call, a tragedy. But then, Karachi did announce a project involving tourist boats. The 50 seater boat would have taken tourists from Karachi and taken them on a trip to visit all the city’s sea-sites.
Just like the green line buses, maybe these four projects would also see the light of day.
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