Residents of various sectors of the capital on Wednesday asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to take measures for cleanliness of nullahs passing through their localities.
At least one nullah is following from almost every sector of Islamabad, however, immediate attention of the civic body is needed to clean these and ward off any untoward incident as well save the citizens from several health dangers.
Talking to the news agency, Ali Hassan, a resident of sector G-7, said nullahs located at sector G-9 and G-7 are filled with dirty water and mud.
He said that the civic body had not desilted these nullahs for many years.
When the CDA official was contacted he told that the Sanitation Directorate has started the work on the cleanliness of nullahs by lifting garbage from them.
He said teams of the directorate comprised of nullah coolies will carry out the cleanliness work and lifting of garbage from different nullahs on war footing.
The official informed the Sanitation Directorate to take effective steps for cleanliness of nullahs in well a planned manner, as the sewerage lines are causing a massive stench, whereas throwing of plastic bags and other solid waste results in blockage of smooth flow of nullah water.
He said if the cleanliness of these nullahs is carried out on a regular basis, the garbage and malodorousness can be controlled and the spread of diseases can be prevented besides breeding of mosquitoes and other insects.