Centre, Sindh to work for Karachi development.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that with the coordinated efforts, the provincial and the federal governments have started different projects in the city, including remodeling of the main storm water drains, water, and drainage, road, and transport sectors.

'In the larger interest of Karachi, setting aside all our political differences, we all the stakeholders [the PTI and the MQM] sit together and chalked out plans to develop the city to make it one of the beautiful and livable cities of the world,' Shah said while addressing a joint press conference with federal ministers, Asad Umar and Aminul Haq.

Shah said that we had planned to cleanse the nullas before the next monsoon. He added that the nullas being remodeled, including the network of Lyari and Malir Rivers and three major nullas: Mahmoodabad, Gujjar and Orangi and their feeders would also be overhauled.

The CM said that the other projects, the federal and provincial government have committed to undertake were K-IV, sewerage treatment, road network, Malir Expressway, Green Line, Yellow Line, Orange Line and KCR. 'Since there were three executing agencies, the Sindh government, the federal and the KMC, therefore we all have joined hands so that these projects can be completed on a priority basis and in time,' he said.

Murad Ali Shah thanked the federal government, the KMC, the army authorities, NDMA and FWO and also thanked the supreme court for pushing and guiding all the stakeholders to expedite the development works.

Mahmoodabad Nullah:

Talking about Mahmoodabad Nullas, the chief minister said that it has been undertaken as a pilot project. He added that the NED has studied all the three major nullas and prepared their remodel plan. The CM said that on both sides of the Mahmoodabad Nulla a 12-feet wide road would be constructed along with three feet footpaths.

'We have worked hard to save maximum houses constructed along the embankments of the nullah,' he said and added out of 238 encroachments 205 have been demolished and the remaining 33 houses would be cleared within a week.

Gujjar Drainage network:

The chief minister, talking about Gujjar Nulla said that it has a 51 square km drainage area and 10 different drain discharges into it. The NED has conducted its hydrographic survey under which like Mahmoodabad Nulla it would be dragged to make its flow in natural gravity.

Shah said that the width of Gujjar Nulla starts from 120 feet and ends at 35feet...