The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi chapter has lauded the efforts of NDMA in cleaning the choked up nullahs of the city resulting in better drainage of rain water in neighbourhood areas. PTI’s parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly HaleemAdil Sheikh was all praise for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative to start a clean-up campaign in Karachi after monsoon rains ravaged the metropolis and led to a loss of lives in different rain-related incidents last month. He visited parts of the city, including the Gujjarnullah, to inspect rainwater drainage during the latest monsoon spell. While speaking on the situation in the city during rains, he said that after the Centre’s involvement, the NDMA and Frontier Works Organisation have cleaned up 95% of the main rain drains of Karachi, merely within five days. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader said, “Prime Minister Imran Khan has been monitoring Karachi’s situation closely and it is the reason that after the devastation of the last spell of rains, he has given responsibilities to the NDMA and instructed the federal agency’s chairman to arrive in Karachi.” He further said that the FWO had been given the task to remove sludge and garbage from GujjarNala, Korangi and Mowach Goth drains. Lambasting the PPP government in Sindh, HaleemAdil Sheikh said that despite having the resources and mechanisms, such as a water and sewerage board, a solid waste management board and other means, the ruling party in the province did not clean the storm drains before the monsoon.“It shows their incompetence and apathy towards the city,” he said.
