ICCI calls for better development of Blue Area to boost trade activities
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that Blue Area is the largest commercial centre of Islamabad, which plays an important role in the development of the economy and stressed that the CDA should focus on its better development to facilitate the growth of trade activities. He said this while talking to a delegation of Traders Welfare Association, Blue Area, Islamabad that visited ICCI led by its President Raja Hassan Akhtar and congratulated ICCI Office Bearers for one year’s extension in their tenure.
Ahsan Bakhtawari said that parking is the most serious issue of the Blue Area and CDA should allow parking of vehicles on the green area of Fazal Haq Road till the construction of a parking plaza is materialized. He said that ICCI intends to organize a mega shopping festival in the Blue Area in collaboration with TWA Blue Area to boost trade activities and enable customers to get a chance of shopping at affordable rates.
Raja Hassan Akhtar, President, Traders Welfare Association Blue Area highlighted the important issues of traders of his market.He said that the non-availability of parking, the old sewage system and non-functional street lights are the main issues of the Blue Area and stressed that the CDA should address them on an urgent basis.He stressed that CDA should set up a flower market in Blue Area besides pruning trees. He demanded that the CDA should set up a food street in the Blue Area, which is the need of the hour for the traders and citizens.He said that Ahsan Bakhtawari is working actively to resolve the problems of traders and hoped that he would address the unresolved issues of traders in his remaining tenure.
Faad Waheed, Senior Vice President ICCI said that Blue Area is the key hub of business activities in Islamabad and stressed that the CDA should develop it on modern lines.
Engr. Azhar ul Islam Zafar, Vice President ICCI said that ICCI would fully cooperate with TWA Blue Area in resolving the key issues of traders to facilitate them in business development.
Yousuf Rajput Group Leader, Mian Basharat Kakakhel Secretary General Blue Area Association, Syed Amin Pirzada and others were in the delegation.