Sindh Chief Secretary Raja Muhammad Abbas has asked all the government departments and institutions to clear their outstanding dues of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) within a fortnight. He issued the instructions while presiding over a meeting held in the Sindh Secretariat on Monday. Directing that any confusion in settlement of dues could be reconciled expeditiously, Abbas categorically noted that there should be no delays in clearance of dues. During the meeting, the dues related to various departments including education, home, industries, local government, public health engineering and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) came under discussion.
The chief secretary advised the representatives that dues of KMC and other relevant departments/institutions should also be settled within 15 days. He also advised the KMC Administrator to prepare a presentation on functions and development projects of his organisation to evolve the pace of progress and resolving funding issues. Abbas advised the KWSB managing director to ensure proper provision of water supply and sewerage facilities to the people and remove bottlenecks if any. Apart from the KMC Administrator and KWSB managing director, Home Additional Chief Secretary Sohail Akbar Shah and secretaries of various departments also attended the meeting.
