GDA adds six new loader rickshaws to its fleet

GWADAR: The Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) has added six new loader rickshaws to its machinery and transport fleet to make civic services more effective. GDA Director General Moinur Rehman Khan handed the new rickshaws over to the water, horticulture and municipal wings and other departments concerned.

GDA Chief Engineer Haji Syed Muhammad, Project Director Water Mirjan Baloch, Director Finance Abdul Shakoor, Assistant Director Municipal Services Yahya Wadela, Assistant Director Administration Zareef Ahmed and other officers were also present on the occasion. The Director General inspected the new rickshaws. Project Director Water Mirjan Baloch and Assistant Director Municipal Wing Yahya Wadela took them on a test drive.

The new loader rickshaws will be used for maintenance and repair of the water supply system, transport of pipes and other necessary material, city cleaning, removal of garbage and debris, cleaning of sewerage and drainage lines, and other municipal work. In the horticulture wing, the vehicles will help with tree plantation in parks, grounds, green belts and on roads, care of plants, watering and transport of gardening material.

According to GDA Transport Officer Haji Shakeel Ahmed, the loader rickshaws are suited to reaching the city’s streets and various field locations because of their small size and better manoeuvrability. He said their addition would improve the field operational capacity of the departments concerned and the delivery of civic services.

The addition of the new loader rickshaws is part of the GDA’s ongoing measures to create a clean, green and better urban environment in Gwadar and to provide effective facilities to citizens.

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