{"id":68807,"date":"2020-08-03T12:43:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68807"},"modified":"2020-08-03T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:43:17","slug":"ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains.html","title":{"rendered":"NDMA to initiate desilting of Karachi\u2019s storm drains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal on Sunday said that the desilting work of the major storm drains in the city would be launched from today (August 3) onwards, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/local-funding-recommended-financing-karachi-urban-development-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local funding recommended for financing Karachi\u2019s urban development projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NDMA chairman revealed that the campaign\u2019s objective is to prevent further damage during the upcoming monsoon spells \u2013 while addressing a press briefing in Islamabad. He said that three spells have been predicted for the city in the month of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afzal said that the \u2018V Corps\u2019 of the Pakistan Army has been called in under the Disaster Management Act and the execution of this cleanliness campaign will be executed in two phases. He elaborated that the city\u2019s problems and said that there are encroachments upon the city\u2019s drains. Also, he added that the stormwater and sewerage drainage system are not separate \u2013 causing serious problems. He said that until these infrastructural issues are addressed, long-term planning cannot be initiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-cm-seeks-solid-mechanism-against-flooding-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh CM seeks \u2018solid mechanism\u2019 against flooding in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, the Sindh government, Pakistani Army and the NDMA had tasked the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to remove sludge from three storm drains and dump the sludge at landfill sites of Jam Chakro and TP-1. Furthermore, steps to remove encroachments from drains are also underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Khan on Sunday signed a summary that enabled the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-tasks-ndma-army-with-relief-efforts-in-monsoon-aftermath.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> NDMA <\/a>and the FWO to execute a sanitation drive in Karachi with \u2018unlimited funds\u2019 and a long-term role of the military and federal organisations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal on Sunday said that the desilting work of the major storm drains in the city would be launched from today (August 3) onwards, according to news sources. Read: Local funding recommended for financing Karachi\u2019s urban development projects The NDMA chairman revealed that the campaign\u2019s objective is to prevent further damage during the upcoming monsoon spells \u2013 while addressing a press briefing in Islamabad. He said that three spells have been predicted for the city in the month of August. Afzal said that the \u2018V Corps\u2019 of the Pakistan Army has been called in under the Disaster Management Act and the execution of this cleanliness campaign will be executed in two phases. He elaborated that the city\u2019s problems and said that there are encroachments upon the city\u2019s drains. Also, he added that the stormwater and sewerage drainage system are not separate \u2013 causing serious problems. He said that until these infrastructural issues are addressed, long-term planning cannot be initiated. Read: Sindh CM seeks \u2018solid mechanism\u2019 against flooding in Karachi On Friday, the Sindh government, Pakistani Army and the NDMA had tasked the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to remove sludge from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":68808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,20385],"tags":[23472,21293,36155],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-frontier-works-organisation-fwo","10":"tag-national-disaster-management-authority-ndma","11":"tag-ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachi-storm-drains","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDMA to initiate desilting of Karachi\u2019s storm drains - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal said that the desilting work of the major storm drains in the city would be launched from today (August 3) onwards\" \/>\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\/ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDMA to initiate desilting of Karachi\u2019s storm drains - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal said that the desilting work of the major storm drains in the city would be launched from today (August 3) onwards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-to-initiate-desilting-of-karachis-storm-drains.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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