The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is paying seven contractors to clean its 41 nullahs or natural stormwater drains. “KMC awarded the direct contracts after a decision was taken at the Provincial Coordination & Implementation Committee May 6,” said Local Government Minister Nasir Shah. This was decided so that they are cleaned before the monsoon hits. There are 555 city nullahs, including 41 in KMC s jurisdiction and 514 of the DMCs which need to be cleaned. The Sindh government is paying Rs950 million and KMC and the DMCs would pay Rs90 million. The work will be monitored by a committee made of the KMC Municipal Commissioner, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board MD, Senior Dire.
SHC tells CBC, DHA to explain measures to deal with rainfall
Karachi
May 25, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction at the performance of civic agencies to deal with rainfall in the city and directed the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) and Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to file detailed reports on efforts being made for effective drainage of rainwater in their respective areas during monsoon rains.
Hearing a petition with regard to effective infrastructure for sewerage and drainage system, and compensation for life and damages to property suffered by the citizens of Karachi during the last year rainfall, a division bench of the SHC headed by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi observed that the condition of the CBC and DHA areas was worse than other parts of the city during the last year’s monsoon rains.