De-silting of 41 drains 'almost complete', claims Wahab.

KARACHI -- As the monsoon season is just around the corner, City AdministraAtor Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Saturday said that the cleaning and de-silting of 41 major storm drains in Karachi had been almost completed.

While visiting Jubilee Nullah, Garden Nullah, Soldier Bazaar Nullah and Regal Saddar Nullah, he said that work on major drains was in full swing.

'The District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) should clean the drains passing through their area, trying not to cause any inconvenience to the citizens in the rainy season,' he ordered.

Metropolitan CommissioAner Afzal Zaidi, project director of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Zubair Channa, Deputy Commissioner-South Abdul Sattar and other officers were also present on the occasion.

Barrister Wahab, who is also the provincial government's spokesman and chief minister adviser on law, also directed that all the personnel, machinery and other equipment related to the cleaning of drains should be kept in good condition.

'All action for storm water drainage should be taken under a joint strategy, all districts must make water drainage possible in their respective areas,' he added.

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