Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed P&D and revenue boards to conduct a survey of the damages caused to the infrastructure, homes and crops so that rehabilitation of road network could be undertaken immediately and compensation could be awarded for the damaged houses. However, he released Rs5 million to each deputy commissioner of Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions for dewatering rain water and other similar works.
This he said on Saturday while presiding over a meeting to review post-rainfall situation in all the districts, including Karachi here at the CM House.
The meeting was attended by Minister Revenue Makhdoom Mahboob, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Chairman P&D M. Waseem, SMBR Qazi Shahid Parvez, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput, all deputy commissioners of Karachi division. The divisional commissioners of other divisions of the province attended the meeting through video link. The chief minister said that the heavy rains have damaged the road network in Karachi, therefore just after the next spell the repair work must be started. He directed chairman P&D to call PD Karachi project Khalid Masroor and ask him to start repair work.
“I have directed all the deputy commissioners of the city to conduct a survey of the damaged road, nullahs, streets and gutters and submit the same to chairman P&D for necessary estimates and approval so that work could be started,” he said.
The chief minister said that almost all the major roads in the city have been cleaned but the deputy commissioners were facing shortage of workers and manpower to get the streets cleaned,” he said and directed secretary finance to release Rs5 million to each deputy commissioner of Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas division for disposal of rain water, and other smaller works.
To a question, Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput told the chief minister that the route of Muharram procession has been cleared but there was ample water accumulated at Tower. The chief minister directed the Commissioner to depute special workers teams and get the entire route of the procession cleared.
Water in low-lying areas: The chief minister was told that almost all the main arteries of the city have been cleared, except the streets, villages and localities established along the embankments of Gujar Nullah, Malir River and Sukkun River.
DC West: The chief minister was told the West districts has six sub- divisions whee properties have been damaged in Gulshan-e-Ghazi, Block-6, Mominabad, Surjani, Dil Murad Mohalla, Rahimdad Goth, Sindhi Para, Bangali Para, Bismillah colony, Juma Shah Goth, Dehhalkani, Zodo Goth and Juma Goth which have been addressed to some extent. The DC said that houses in Zodo Goth and Juma Goth submerged. The chief minister directed the DC to conduct a survey of the damages and submit them in the P&D and SMBR office.
DC Central: DC central Sohail Odho told the chief minister that the roads damaged in his district, include Sher Shah Suri Road to Golimar, Shershah Noor Jehan Road, Shahrah-e-Pakistan to Teen Hatti to Sohrab Goth, water pump road to peoples chowrangi and Mianwali Link Road, Luckyone to Anda Mor, roads around Nagan Chowrangi, KDA Chowrangi, Ziauddin Chowrangi, Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi, 4k Chowrangi, Power house Chowrangi, Karimabad Chowrangi, Landi and others areas have been damaged due to urban flooding caused by heavy rains.
