District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi Javed Hanif on Sunday directed all the organisations of city district government to remain on high alert in view of expected rains and continue rescue operation including cleaning roads and removing billboards and trees uprooted by windstorm and torrential rains in the city.
He issued these directives while presiding over a high-level meeting of all city organisations. The meeting was also attended by Managing Director Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Ghulam Arif Khan, DCO Municipal Services Masood Alam, EDO Works and Services Amanullah Chachar and EDO health.
The meeting decided that all organisations will keep their relevant complaint centres open round-the-clock to combat any rain situation. It said that heads of all organisations and town municipal officials would supervise rescue work besides redressing public complaints. The DCO said that all the organisations should boost their liaison among themselves and resolve public problems on the spot.
The EDO municipal services and other officials briefed the meeting about the rescue operation including cleanliness and rain pumping out work and removal of billboards and trees uprooted in their areas.
The meeting was told that on the directives of DCO, pumping machines had been deployed at all main roads and rainwater had been pumped out. The meeting was informed that city government staff had also removed billboards and trees from different areas of the Cantonment Boards.
Meanwhile, in case of any problem, citizens have been asked to contact on following complaint cell numbers: DCO Karachi Control Room 9205605, 9203443, 9205639; Camp Office 9205607 and 9205610.
HOUSE: 9205614 and 9204405: EDO Municipal Services' Cell 0333-3421371, office 9230064 and 9230071 and Emergency 1134: EDO Revenue 0301-8291986, Control Room 9231329, 9231324, office 9230064 and 9230071 and house 9250875: Civic Centre Control Room 0800-12012, 9232433,9232434: MD KWSB Cell No 0302-8290166 and 0333-2122358, office 9245154-6, 9245158-9 and 9232434: General Amjad (Retd), MD KESC Cell No 0300-8562011; office 9205117-1 and 9205152 and Complaint Cell 118 and Adnan, Divisional Director KESC Cell No 0300-8222723 and office 9206244.