July 9, 2021 Sindh Local Government and Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the provincial government is taking concrete measures to strengthen the local bodies in the city. “The provincial government alone in the month of July 2021 has provided Rs2,275.879 million to nine local bodies of Karachi, including the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), District Council Karachi and district municipal corporations (DMCs) so that they continue their services uninterrupted in the city,” the local government minister said in a statement issued on Thursday. He claimed that the Sindh government had in July provided Rs1,074.714 million to the KMC, which included Rs474.714 million Octroi Zila tax (OZT) share and Rs600 million grant. Rs170.058 million was given to the DMC South, including Rs90.058 million OZT share and Rs180 million grant, he added.