Sindh CM urges local bodies to keep cities clean for polling day

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Fazal-ur-Rehman on Friday directed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and other local bodies  of the province to ensure proper cleanliness and provision of necessary facilities in the area where polling stations would be set up.

This he said while talking to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar who called on him here at the CM House.

The chief minister said that he had already directed the local bodies to keep their respective areas neat and clean and get all the roads and drainage systems repaired, if required, so that people could reach the respective polling stations for casting their votes without any problem.

He said that most of the roads in the city had been reconstructed but in some of the streets and some lanes had overflowing gutters.

“I want all these dilapidated roads and gutter systems should be fixed before the polling day,” he said and added “We [caretaker set up] want to ensure that there should be good atmosphere everywhere in the province when polling gets started.”

The mayor Karachi assured the CM that he would ensure proper maintenance of roads and drainage system and would also coordinate with other local bodies working in the city for cleanliness and repair works.

He told him that the cleaning work of nullahs and stormwater drains had been started and within next few days the work would be completed.