Impound the vehicles, arrest the drivers and contractors if they are found dumping debris or trash along the roads of the city – CM orders
Sindh Courier
Karachi, Sindh
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah once again directed the district administration and the police of all the districts of Karachi to impound the vehicles, arrest the drivers and contractors if they are found dumping debris or trash along the roads of the city.
Chief Minister had issued such orders several times in the past but neither the administration took any action nor the people stopped dumping debris and trash along the city roads.
“This is unacceptable, and I would take strict action against the administration and the police if the debris is found to be dumped along the roads.”
He issued these directives to the commissioners during his visit to the city on Sunday morning. He was accompanied by provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Special Assistant Syerd Qasim Naveed, and Deputy Mayor Salman Murad.
Shah visited different districts, particularly Korangi and Malir, and found the debris and trash dumped along Korangi Road. The CM got out of his vehicle and called the deputy commissioner, the superintendent of police, and the DIG and expressed his displeasure in dumping the debris along the road.
The CM directed Commissioner Karachi to issue directives to all the DCs, DIGs, and SSPS to take strict action against the vehicles, their owners, and the contractors if they were found dumping debris along the roads. “I will not tolerate negligence in the matter,” he said and added his government was spending millions of rupees on cleaning the city and shifting the debris to the landfill site contrary to it people are dumping their trash and construction material and the debris along the roads,” he lamented.
Murad wants to open one portion of Malir Expressway in Dec
Murad Ali Shah during his visit to the under-construction Malir Expressway directed the local government department to speed up the work so that one portion of the project from the Korangi or Quiadabad could be opened by December.
The chief minister along with provincial minister, Sharjeel Memon, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Special Assistant Syed Qasim Naveed, and Deputy mayor Salman Murad started his visit to the 39.4-km under-construction Malir Expressway from Korangi to Kathore. Commissioner Karachi Iqbal Memon, Secretary LG Najam Shah, PD Niaz Soomro, and Special Secretary Finance Asad Zamin were present at Site.
The Malir Expressway project facility is being developed on the left bank of the Malir River to establish an `Access Controlled High-Speed Expressway’. It would have a six-lane with three-meter side shoulders dual carriageway. The expressway way has been designed for 100 km per hour speed on the expressway and 50 km per hour on its interchanges.
The starting point of the project is Korangi Road, before Jam Sadiq Bridge, It would have an interchange for Jam Sadiq Bridge at KPT Flyover. It would cover Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony (Quaidabad), and would end at Kathore.
The project Director of the Expressway, Niaz Soomro briefing the chief minister said that there were two parts/packages of the Expressway project- Jam Sadiq to Quaidabad where the progress of the work has been recorded at around 38 percent. On the other package from Quaidabad to Kathore 15 percent progress has been achieved.
The CM was told that the project has six interchanges and six straight bridges on which work was in progress.
Chief Minister said that with the completion of the project, the traffic congestion in the city would come down. The project would cut around 40 km distance for the traffic coming towards Karachi and going out to Jasmshoro and even to Thatta.
Irrigation Department had prepared a scheme of Rs.13 billion to repair and reconstruct the damaged weirs
Shah said that the completion of the project would usher in new vistas of development in Malir, particularly in the areas of Memon Goth and its adjoining areas.
Murad Ali Shah during his visit to Malir Expressway inspected the damaged Weir at Razak Goth, RD-1 of the Malir River.
The Irrigation department has constructed a number of weirs in the Malir River to prevent flooding, measure water flow, and hold water for agricultural and other purposes.
Secretary Irrigation Tamizuddin Khero briefing the chief minister said that the floods of 2020 had damaged their three weirs in the Malir River. He added that the Irrigation Department had prepared a scheme of Rs.13 billion to repair and reconstruct them and sent to the federal government for approval and funds.
CM said that he would arrange the funds for the weirs and directed the secretary of Irrigation to submit the scheme to the P&D department for approval. He added that the weirs were most important for the people living along the embankment of the river. “We would give water supply schemes to the villages of the areas and the stored water in the weirs could be used for the purpose,” he said.
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