F.P. Report
HYDERABAD: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon presiding over a meeting with the concerned officers at the DC Office, Hyderabad today has directed the officers of Local Government, Solid Waste Management, WASA and other concerned officers to ensure drainage of rainwater accumulated on the streets of Hyderabad and submit its report to him.
DC Hyderabad Fuad Ghaffar Soomro, Administrator Hyderabad Fakhir Shakir and other officers attended the meeting. He asked the officers to send him footage of the areas where rainwater had been drained out while he himself would inspect the work done for water drainage including sanitation in the three taluks of District Hyderabad. He directed to take action against ghost employees of Local Government Department.
On this occasion, DC Hyderabad Fuad Ghaffar Soomro gave a briefing to the Provincial Minister regarding the efficiency of HDA and WASA, financial issues, manpower and gravity-based rainwater drainage. He further informed that the system of WASA and HDA was very old and needed to be upgraded for which Rs 130 million to 140 million was required. He also briefed the Provincial Minister about WASA expenditure, income and amount required for it.
DC Hyderabad further informed that a tent city was being established near Kohsar for the rain affected people. The Administrator Hyderabad Fakhir Shakir in his briefing informed that the machinery was 20 years old, while 25 tractors, 5 shovels and 5 dumpers had been provided earlier by Solid Waste Management while 4 dumpers and one shovel had also been received which according to him was not enough for the cleanliness of Hyderabad. He said that a grant of Rs 20 million had been sought in writing for more machinery and repair works which had not been received yet.
The officers of Solid Waste Management informed the Sindh Minister that 2 hundred thousand tonnes of waste had been collected from Hyderabad so far. The Sindh Minister directed the solid waste management and Administrator Hyderabad to jointly visit the three taluks of Hyderabad and formulate a strategy for sanitation. He directed the officers of the Irrigation Department to provide soil dumpers to strengthen the embankments of Rahuki and Hosri Canal.
