Confident Murad says rain spell will not cause any serious issue.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said he was sure that the current system of rain would not cause any serious issue as 'almost all the nullahs, small and big ones, including those constructed along the main arteries of the city, have been cleaned'.

Talking to the media during his visit to the metropolis, the chief minister assured the people of the city that he was making all-out efforts to drain out rainwater in minimum possible time.

'It has been raining since 5am, but our concerned officials and top bureaucracy, along with ministers, are on the roads to ensure proper disposal of rainwater,' he said.

The CM said that the people of this city had witnessed the performance, sincerity and commitment to serve them that's why the previous spell of heavy downpour did not submerge the city, otherwise the city used to turn into a river, but now all the roads were motorable and water was draining either through its gravity or with the machines.

The chief minister along with his cabinet members and chief secretary inspected flow of the storm waters drains and installation of cesspool machines in the low-lying and old city areas, and directed administrator Karachi to install heavy pumping machines in the areas where water has accumulated.

CM Murad, accompanied by Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah, Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Karachi Commissioner Iqbal Memon and LG Secretary Najam Shah, visited various nullahs of the metropolis.

At the start of the visit, the chief minister reached at the nullah at Shaheen Complex and inspected its smooth flow right towards Clifton where he also got a cesspool installed at the road to dispose of accumulating water in the low-lying areas of the Ziauddin Road.

He then visited nullah at City station on I.I. Chundrigar road and then at Habib Bank Plaza, where the flow of nullah was slow, therefore, he directed to install a mobile pumping system to speed up the flow of the rain water.

Mr Shah...