KARACHI: Chairman District Municipal Corporation East Karachi has demanded release of funds for clearance of the storm water drains in the metropolis before the monsoon season.
The DMC chief has demanded release of a special grant of 65 million in a letter written to Sindh minister for local government, Chief Secretary Sindh, Commissioner Karachi, and the provincial secretary finance.
The chairman has pointed out deteriorating situation of the drains in Gulshan Iqbal and Jamshed Town in district east of the city
The drains could submerge surrounding population if the cleaning work not done before the rainy weather, the chairman DMC said.
“The Sindh government should fulfill its promises of grant for clearance of the drains”, the municipal chairman Karachi East said in his letter.
The chairman’s of four municipal districts of Karachi had yesterday called on the minister of local government and demanded release of funds for clearance of storm water drains in their respective municipal limits.
It is to be mentioned here that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) earlier asked the provinces to make all the precautionary measures ready ahead of the monsoon season, as above-average rainfall is expected across the country this year.
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