KARACHI, Aug 13: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Sunday visited Saddar, inundated with rainwater, and ordered preparation of area map within two days so that a permanent solution to this problem could be found out.

He was told that rainwater was accumulating at various roads of Saddar, due to encroachments over many nullahs. He asked the concerned officials to take action to clear the encroachments with cooperation of Saddar Town.

The nazim also visited University Road, M.A. Jinnah Road, Boultan Market, Shahrah-i-Quaideen, Sharea Faisal, Bath Island, Teen Talwar and I.I. Chundrigar Road to monitor the de-watering activities.

Meanwhile, Mustafa Kamal blacklisted Ayaz Builders besides withdrawing a contract made with Umer Munshi Associates, consultancy firm, regarding construction of Shahrah-i-Pakistan.

The nazim inspected 13 different construction sites in the city.

Mustafa Kamal was informed during his visit to the under-construction flyover at Sohrab Goth that the project experienced delay because pipeline was laid late and its responsibility fell on Ayaz Builders.

Issuing directives to ban the company’s services in city government, he said that no delay would be acceptable.

During his visit to Shahrah-i-Pakistan, the nazim was informed that not even a single representative of the consultant firm Umer Munshi Associates remained present at the site.

He ordered for cancellation of the contract with the firm and ordered an inquiry to determine whether the firm’s performance in other projects had been satisfactory or not.—PPI/APP