1 June 2011 Today I did not want to bore the media with statistics of how many kilometers of road have been reconstructed, or how many meters of sewage canals have been cleaned and upgraded.
My aim was to create a new awareness with the media of Kabul Municipality
While we have been constructing a number of parks in Kabul, and installing solar powered lights along its roads, upgrading city culture has become a new project on our agenda.
With the city bursting at its seams, I requested the media’s active engagement to educate the public on urbanization and the problems it is creating.
A media official said that people are still throwing their rubbish out on the street and dig holes just where they want.
There is an agreement between Kabul Municipality and university lecturers to devote the first 5 minutes of their daily lectures to teach students how to improve their lifestyle.
One journalist pointed out that an improved city culture is just an ideal. As a committed mayor I am therefore asking the media, intellectuals and people on the street to tell us what kind of city you want. Your opinions will become the blue print for a specific plan of action.
At the end of the seminar, Mr. Khozhman Ulomi, Deputy Mayor for Service Delivery, announced a competition for media organizations to produce educational programs for upgrading Kabul’s city culture.
Watch my blog for further details.
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