Minister vows to punish culprits involved in building collapse

Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing & Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that severe possible action would be taken against anyone who was found to be involved in the tragic incident of a collapse of a residential building in Golimar.

Provincial Information Minister said that Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah had also taken immediate notice of the incident and sought a report from Commissioner Karachi and the concerned officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority. He said he would personally supervise the investigation of the incident.

He said this while visiting the locality of Golimar where the five-storey residential building fell on Thursday.

The provincial minister said that rescue operations were started immediately after the incident and all the injured had been shifted to the hospitals where they were receiving prompt medical treatment. He said that the Sindh government was monitoring the treatment of the injured by itself, and it had been ensured that they received best possible medical treatment.

During his visit to the spot he met with the people and assessed the damages caused by the collapse of the building. Talking to the media, the minister promised a thorough probe into what he described as a regrettable incident and said that severe action would be taken against whosoever, be it officials of Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) or the Builder, was found responsible.

Talking about the rescue operation, he said that all the relevant officials of the departments of SBCA, Karachi Municipal Corporation, as well as officials of Provincial Disaster Management Authority reached the spot immediately and rescued the people. The minister said that the rescue operation would be completed soon.

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah felt extremely sorry that the innocent lives could not be saved, but he vowed that the government would try to ensure that all those who were injured in the incident receive proper treatment, adding that it would also ensure that in future no such incident takes place anywhere. Responding to a question the minister said that the Sindh government was very serious that no illegal construction would be allowed in Karachi.