{"id":60836,"date":"2020-02-01T06:57:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T06:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60836"},"modified":"2020-02-01T06:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T06:57:16","slug":"karachi-35-km-long-storm-drain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-35-km-long-storm-drain.html","title":{"rendered":"Karachi to have 35km-long storm drain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to build a new 35-kilometre-long storm drain for preventing urban flooding in low-lying areas, including Saadi Town, around the city, , a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dcs-ordered-take-safety-measures-against-heavy-rains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"DCs ordered to take safety measures against heavy rains (opens in a new tab)\">DCs ordered to take safety measures against heavy rains<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah revealed this information while chairing a meeting pertaining to preventive measures against monsoon and urban floods. He added that they would also rehabilitate the existing Mahran drain. For this purpose, the authorities concerned will remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-launches-survey-to-identify-illegal-high-rises-in-kachi-abadis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"illegal constructions (opens in a new tab)\">illegal constructions<\/a> and encroachments from its bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pak-railways-clears-encroachments-along-kcr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pak Railways clears encroachments along KCR (opens in a new tab)\">Pak Railways clears encroachments along KCR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For rehabilitating the Mahran drain, the CS has formed a committee comprising officials from Irrigation Department, Cantonment Board, and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). He directed the officials to prepare a feasibility report and submit the PC-1 within 30 days\u2019 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-governor-briefs-pm-on-karachi-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh governor briefs PM on Karachi projects (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh governor briefs PM on Karachi projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials concerned also briefed the meeting that\nK-Electric\u2019s KDA Grid Station was vulnerable to flooding during last monsoon\nseason. In response, the CS directed the K-Electric authorities to devise a\nplan for safety of its installations, and share it with the provincial\ngovernment. He also ordered the officials concerned to write a letter to the\nNational Highway Authority (NHA) for widening the culverts on the Motorway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to build a new 35-kilometre-long storm drain for preventing urban flooding in low-lying areas, including Saadi Town, around the city, , a news source reported. Read: DCs ordered to take safety measures against heavy rains Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah revealed this information while chairing a meeting pertaining to preventive measures against monsoon and urban floods. He added that they would also rehabilitate the existing Mahran drain. For this purpose, the authorities concerned will remove illegal constructions and encroachments from its bed. Read: Pak Railways clears encroachments along KCR For rehabilitating the Mahran drain, the CS has formed a committee comprising officials from Irrigation Department, Cantonment Board, and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). He directed the officials to prepare a feasibility report and submit the PC-1 within 30 days\u2019 time. Read: Sindh governor briefs PM on Karachi projects Officials concerned also briefed the meeting that K-Electric\u2019s KDA Grid Station was vulnerable to flooding during last monsoon season. In response, the CS directed the K-Electric authorities to devise a plan for safety of its installations, and share it with the provincial government. He also ordered the officials concerned to write a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":59956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17397],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-karachi-to-have-35km-long-storm-drain"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karachi to have 35km-long storm drain - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sindh government has announced its decision to build a new storm drain for preventing urban flooding in low-lying areas around Karachi.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-35-km-long-storm-drain.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karachi to have 35km-long storm drain - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sindh government has announced its decision to build a new storm drain for preventing urban flooding in low-lying areas around Karachi.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-35-km-long-storm-drain.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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