Karachi : The Commissioner directed all agencies to complete their preparations before the rains and submit their contingency plans to his office within a week. The meeting decided that all deputy commissioners would establish control rooms in their offices, for the guidance facilitation and necessary coordination.
Municipal Commissioner KMC Afzal Zaidi informed the meeting that preparations are underway to clean the stormwater drains. The cleaning work on the stormwater drains will start on June 20 and will be completed by September 15 . However, the cleaning and desilting work at the main and urgently required points would be finished within two weeks.
The meeting decided that Karachi Municipal Corporation will finalise its contingency plans within a week and present it to the Commissioner office.. The plan will include details on priority basis, such as the clearing choking points, deployment of machinery staff and all other needful requirements.
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The Provincial Disaster Management Authority informed the meeting that according to various models for weather prediction of rain, heavy rainfall is expected in July and August in the city.
It was decided in the meeting that the Municipal Corporation will ensure the cleaning of all 167 small drains and will make special efforts to clean 29 high-risk points. The meeting decided that the plan for cleaning the stormwater drains will be included in the final contingency plan, including all details such as machinery availability, trained staff deployment, work details, start date, and completion date. The Water and Sewerage Corporation was instructed to provide manhole covers to the towns as decided, for the safety of road users /pedestrians. It was further instructed that it is essential to provide manhole covers to the towns on a priority basis so that they can install them under their supervision and maintain them. The corporation was directed not to delay the supply of manhole covers any further.
The Commissioner of Karachi, Syed Hassan Naqvi, chaired a meeting to review preparations for expected rainfall in a meeting held at his office on Wednesday. All the Deputy commissioners. senior officers of relevant civic agencies including provincial disaster management authority, Karachi Municipal Corporation, Water and Sewerage Corporation, Cantonment Boards, Defense Housing Authority, Solid Waste Management Authority, , and Traffic Police attended the meeting among others.
