KARACHI:The Provincial Coordination and Implementation Committee (PCIC) working on the development of Karachi has decided to maintain width of drains (Nullas) as per master plan, as human settlement and commercial units established along their embankments would be relocated.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at CM House. The meeting was attended by Minister Labour Saeed Ghani, Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen Humayoon Aziz, Chairman P and D Mohammad Waseem, GOC and Chief Coordinator PCIC Maj Gen Aqeel Ahmed, Adl Secretary Ministry of Planning Aziz Uqaili, Brig Waseem of NDMA, Director ISPR Brig Jahagir, Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Shahalwani, Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput, Secretary Transport Shariq Ahmed, Secretary LG Najam Shah, MD water board Asadullah Khan and MD SSWMB Zubair Channa and other concerned.
The meeting was told that there were 13,441 households and 2,948 commercial establishments on four drains and one river. They include 5,916 households and 2412 commercial units on Gujjar Nala, 4,480 households and 380 commercial units on Orangi Nala, 1,049 households and 156 commercial units on Mahmoodabad Nala and 1,996 households on Malir River.
The government has issued vacation notices to the people living and doing business on drains and Malir River. The chief minister was told that the NED University was conducting a survey. The TORs of the survey to analyse length, width and capacities of the existing storm-water drains of 44 major drains, the survey of drains with a number of physical structures and to develop a drone assisted mapping and outline of the encroached land.
Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput said that surveys of nine drain of District East, including Mahmoodabad drains have been completed while the survey of the District Central drains would be completed by the end of this week.
The meeting decided to conduct technical study of the drains by conducting hydrologic and hydraulic modeling studies. Under the technical study demarcation of existing drainage network, quantification of the expected flows in the region, cross section details of drain would be used to assess the capacity of existing sections to cater the flows, an ideal cross-section would be proposed for each drain based on terrain and flow models for current and future improvement and to prepare best management plans for drainage network to mitigate the risk of urban flooding. The chief minister directed commissioner Karachi to complete the technical study within next three months.
Keeping in view different factors, the meeting decided to maintain actual width of Nullas as per Master Plan for the purpose human settlements and commercial establishments would be removed from the site, however NED University study results for determining optimal size of Nullas would be considered. The NED University was authorized to design the nullas as per master plan.
The meeting decided to work out different models of human resettlement and present them in the next apex committee for approval. A three-member committee comprising Administrator Karachi, Commissioner Karachi and Secretary local government would prepare the rehabilitation plans.
Clean Karachi drive: MD Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB), Zubair Channa, told the meeting that a Cleanliness drive for the entire city had been started from October 20, 2020. In district West, operations by Front End Collection (FEC) was launched by minister labour Saeed Ghani.
The Cleanliness Drive in district Korangi and Central is being steered by Administrators of the DMCs. Middle end Operations of Korangi and Central are being looked after by SSWMB. The meeting decided to award to best performing districts and union councils.
The chief minister said that he would be satisfied when people of the localities would start saying that their areas were being swept properly and the garbage was lifted in time. He directed all the DMC administrators to keep visiting their areas to watch cleanliness work, proper disposal of waste water. The meeting also discussed KCR local train arrangement proposal and decided to review it once again because the local train arrangement would affect the launching of modern train systems.