July 12, 2007	Thursday	Jamadi-us-Sani 26, 1428

KARACHI, July 11: Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Mohammad Hussain Khan has urged citizens to fully cooperate with their relevant town municipal administrations (TMAs) in the cleanliness campaign launched by city government.

He was speaking at the inauguration of a day-long medical camp for rain victims in Yusuf Goth, UC-7, in Gadap Town.

Hussain said the removal of solid waste and garbage should now be the priority of the TMAs, as the rains had stopped for the time being.

Their main focus should be ensuring timely removal of garbage, proper sweeping and shifting garbage to the designated sites, he added.

The minister directed all the TMAs of the metropolis to establish more garbage transfer stations to store garbage before sending it to landfills.

The debris of razed illegal encroachments should also be removed as soon as possible, he instructed.

He said all TMAs should involve their respective union councils in the cleanliness initiative. He noted that it was good to observe periodic cleanliness drives, but such efforts should become a matter of course.

Mr Hussain directed the TMO Gadap to personally monitor the cleanliness drive in the town and to ensure that all available resources were utilised for the purpose.

Landhi Town

Landhi Town Nazim Syed Asif Hasnain on Wednesday launched a cleanliness campaign in the town, which would continue till July 24.

The town nazim said people could directly contact him on 0300-9277831 in case of any complaint regarding cleanliness in their area, besides calling 021-5035728 and 5035729.

Orangi Town

Orangi Town Nazim Abdul Haq launched a cleanliness campaign in the town on Wednesday.

The town nazim said that the repair of trash bins and streetlights had been started in order to facilitate the masses.

He said the town administration was also removing illegal encroachments from the roads, streets and storm-water drains. He said staff had been deployed to cleanse the town of wall chalking.

Jamshed Town

Jamshed Town Nazim Javed Ahmed, along with TMO Afaq Saeed, on Wednesday visited different union councils to inspect the cleanliness drive launched in the town.

He also checked the attendance register of sanitation staff and warned that no leniency would be tolerated in this regard.—PPI