KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said that he would not allow artificial price hike in the city. Therefore, the district administration has to be more active, vigilant and effective.
This he said while paying a surprise visit to busy shopping areas of Burns Road and Saddar on Monday. He was accompanied by Local Government Minister Jam Khan Shoro, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Karachi Commissioner Aijaz Ali Khan.
At Burns Road, the chief minister visited different shops and fruit vendors and advised the shopkeepers to keep their shops neat and clean.
The chief minister also directed the Karachi commissioner to issue strict directives to the DMC South to clean the area and open the choked gutters.
“This is unacceptable – the streets, roads and gutters are not cleaned unless the concerned local body is jolted,” he deplored and said he would visit this area again within next three days and would see the improvement.
Later, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah went to Saddar and visited a bakery, met with pushcart fruit vendors and addressed their issues.
The chief minister was told by the shopkeepers that the slow construction of roads has caused serious problems for them. The dust keeps flying in the air with the movement of the traffic. The chief minister assured them that the work would be completed very soon.
Murad Ali Shah complained with the shopkeepers that they were throwing their trash on the road while the Solid Waste Management has put their dustbins near their shops and pushcarts on the road. “This is our collective responsibility to keep our city clean, said the CM.
