KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, said that over 7,152 tons of garbage was cleared on the first day of the campaign on the first of the “Clean Karachi Drive”.
He was talking to media during his visit to the city along with cabinet members, Saeed Ghani, Syed Nasir Shah, and Murtaza Wahab, said a statement on Sunday.
Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani, Secretary Local Government Roshan Shaikh, MD (Managing Director) water Board Asadullah Khan and other officials also accompanied him.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that the second day started with the removal of heavy stones and boulders from 24 inches diameter sewer line at Malir-15.
He said that some people have claimed that heavy stones and boulders were stuffed into the manhole of 24 inches diameter line so that the entire Malir and Quaidabad area, including main Shahrarh-e-Faisal, could be turned into a pool of sewerage water.
The chief minister took media persons to Malir Halt just opposite Soneri Masjid and showed them a large number of heavy stones and boulders stuffed in manhole of 24 diameter sewer which choked it completely.
“The entire area had been inundated into gutter water which water board kept dewatering but the sewerage water had no way out to flow into its direction.”
Heavy stones and boulders taken out from Manhole of 24" sewer line after successive work of 04 nights at Main national highway (SONEHRI MASJID)
People were facing sewerage problem from last one and half month due to gutter politics of gutter minds.#NoToDirtyPolitics pic.twitter.com/WGfOGZ6yn9— Senator Saeed Ghani (@SaeedGhani1) September 22, 2019
Briefing the Chief Minister, Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Shah said that apart from tractors and trollies, 212 dumpers were used in the cleanliness drive in which 1263 workers participated.
These dumpers made some 848 trips and transported 7152 tons of garbage to the temporary GTS set up in the city, he added.
The chief minister said that if the pace of lifting garbage at 7152 tons a day was made, 214,560 tons of garbage would be cleared from the city in a matter of 30 days.
“This is a good pace and I appreciate the administration, DMCs (District Management Corporation) and officers of civic agencies for their untiring work,” he said.
The chief minister started his visit from Lyari, toured different localities and met with people who were busy in their Sunday shopping.
The chief minister inspected ongoing development works of laying gutter lines and construction of a road in Nayaabad area.
He visited Landfill Site near Musharraf Colony Mor (turning) and the on-duty local bodies staffers told the chief minister that they had received 14 dumpers on Saturday evening.
The chief minister directed them to keep a record of each and every vehicle, its trips and the weight of the garbage it was downloading there.
After the visit of District West, the chief minister moved to Malir were just after showing choked gutter to media at Malir-15 moved to Bhains Colony.
On the way, he stopped at Quaidabad bridge from where garbage was being lifted. The chief minister directed the DC Malir to clean the area under the bridge and did not allow encroachment under it.
He also asked him to manage the bus stop a little away from the bridge. Murad Ali Shah went to Bhains Colony and at a railway crossing near Machine Tool factory, the chief minister was received by party workers in a large number.
The party workers of Malir District had party flags in their hands and raised slogans for Bilawal Bhutto, Murad Ali Shah, Murtaza Baloch, and other party workers.
The chief minister inspected garbage lifting work at Bhains Colony and met with the people of the area.
The people of the area requested the Chief Minister to get them constructed Mehran Highway.
Syed Murad Ali Shah said that Malir needed much development than other districts of the city. “I am on it and would launch special development works in the area,” he said.
