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Sanitation staff to be posted near polling stations
LARKANA: Supreme Court mandated Water Commission Chairman Justice (r) Amir Hani Muslim paid a surprise visit to under-construction oxidation ponds in Umrani village near Larkana on Sunday and directed Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) officials to accelerate the pace of work of treating arsenic sewerage water of Larkana and releasing it to the ponds after that.
He directed the district government administration to plant more and more trees to improve the environment. Justice Hani visited Shahbaz disposal site located near Chandka Bridge where he was briefed about the scheme by PHED Superintending Engineer Abdul Wahab Sahto.
The Chairman expressed his anger when he found heaps of garbage lying un-lifted around the disposal and asked the Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) Chief Municipal Officer (CMO) as to why the garbage had not been removed yet.
He directed him to ensure maintenance of cleanliness everywhere too. Later, he also visited disposal established at Nako No 7 which was found closed. He inquired from the LMC officials about its closure and expressed his anger and dissatisfaction.
CMO told him that due to frequent tripping and prolonged electricity load shedding, the disposal was closed. CMO further informed that battery of the generator was also out of order due to which disposal was dysfunctional.
Justice Hani ordered CMO to make the disposal functional immediately or stern action will be taken against him. Deputy Commissioner Murtaza Shah, SSP Shabir Sethar and other relevant officers were present on the occasion.
SANITATION STAFF TO BE POSTED NEAR POLLING STATIONS:
Karachi’s District Management Corporation (DMC) Municipal Commissioner Central Waseem Soomro has ordered the sanitation department to shift the garbage excavated from drains to dumping point as quickly as possible.
He instructed the municipal officers to provide facilities in areas surrounding the polling stations within the jurisdiction of DMC Central. For this purpose, sanitation staff would be posted at polling stations.
He said as the Met Office has predicted rains within a few days, possibly on the election day too, therefore efforts should be taken for drain out rainwater from the polling stations if it rains very heavily.
To meet this challenge, Soomro instructed to arrange for dewatering pumps at every polling station.