Sindh

Operation clean-up: Illegal marriage halls razed

Sharjeel gives wake-up call to city wardens’ office, renovates Charminar chowrangi.

Our Correspondent March 26, 2015

Speaking to the media Memon said that the Clean, Green and Peaceful Sindh campaign started last month would continue till the province was cleaned. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: Minster for Information and Local Government Sindh Sharjeel Inaam Memon got razed dozens of illegally built marriage halls on a green belt of Shah Faisal Colony 2, while one such hall at Hockey Stadium near Nipa intersection was sealed. The minister personally supervised the demolition operation on Wednesday.

The local bodies’ minister made a wake-up call at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) City Warden Head Office in the morning sending officials scrambling for records and data. Memon checked the attendance register and axed 103 ghost wardens. He also issued show cause notices to the absent staff.

Later, the local government minister went to the main roundabout of Bahadurabad and participated in cleanliness campaign. He ordered special care for the model of Charminar, a historic icon of India’s Hyderabad Deccan, aptly built at a place home to a large number of people from the Hyderabadi community.

He took personal interest in the greenery drive to beautify one of the busiest shopping hubs of the city. He interacted with the people and listened to their problems.

Speaking to the media Memon said that the Clean, Green and Peaceful Sindh campaign started last month would continue till the province was cleaned. Accepting the drive was not bearing desired results, the minister said that officials not performing their due role in the campaign would be transferred.

Regarding crackdown against ghost workers he said so far at least 400 ghost workers have been identified in Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and nearly 300 in KMC.

“We are expecting the figures of ghost workers to run into thousands once the biometric verifications start,” he said.

During the visits, he was accompanied by Administrator Karachi Saqib Soomro, Metropolitan Commissioner Masood Alam, Director Local Government Rubina Asif and others.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (3)

Shaheera Jalil Albasit | 9 years ago | Reply @sohraab. This operation was due since 8 years now.These marriage lawns were a nuisance you cannot well image unless you had been a resident of one of the areas in the vicinity of the green belts. The day this clean-up took place (March 25) can justifiably be referred to as 'historic' for the residents. Regardless of what pushed this wake-up call to come through and regardless of its timing,the initiative itself is what matters tremendously here.

sohraab | 9 years ago | Reply @Sohail Ansari: Action oriented Leadership!!!! Give us a break man. What were they doing since 2008?? They got a wakeup call after being pushed hard by the COAS during the current operations. In my opinion, they have missed the Boat!

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