SHC told KMC 250 million rupees to clean the sewers in Karachi

The provincial government has allowed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to clean up 41 main drainage ditches and 514 other drainage ditches in Karachi. The Secretary of the Local Government of Sindh provided this information to the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday.

The secretary of the local government made an opinion on a petition requesting judicial investigation of the losses suffered by the people of the city during the monsoon rains last year and compensation for the affected people, saying that 250 million rupees had been provided to the people of the city. KMC is used to clean urban sewers.

He stated that the local government department has notified the provincial cabinet of the key emergency actions required to mitigate risks and clean Karachi rainwater drains. He submitted that the KMC administrator wrote a note mentioning that the cleaning of the Karachi drainage ditch may begin immediately to reduce the city’s possible urban flooding during the monsoon season.

The secretary proposed that the local government department will supervise the sewer cleaning activities, and will set up a committee, which will be notified as soon as possible. The court earlier instructed the relief commissioner and the local government secretary to submit their comments, which referred to feasible suggestions for dealing with the situation faced by Karachi during each monsoon season.

Nadeem A Sheikh submitted in his petition that the catastrophic rain paralyzed Karachi and was flooded, causing Pakistan’s losses of approximately 449 million rupees every day. He said that after the last monsoon rain, the city has become a disaster area.

He said that of the 41 people killed in the rain, at least 9 people were electrocuted due to chaotic power lines during one of the worst downpours that Karachi has witnessed in decades. Life in the big city has become miserable.

The petitioner stated that natural storm drains and rivers were invaded and then disturbed the settlements and caused flooding during the rains.

He said that the lack of any substantial drainage mechanism on the main street is an obvious cause of the problem, adding that, ironically, such as II Chundrigar Road, Sharea Faisal, Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Karsaz Road, Maulvi Tamizuddin, etc. The main corridor is ironic. Khan Road, Shahrah-e-Pakistan and many other arteries have become pools.

The petitioner stated that it is necessary for the Supreme People’s Court to order relevant departments and departments to conduct a strict investigation of the matter and submit a report to the court, and further orders may be issued later.

He said that the Sindh provincial government has the responsibility to compensate people affected by the rainfall. He asked the High Court to order the provincial and local governments to compensate the affected people.

Inheritance Proof Law

On Thursday, the SHC issued a notice to federal and provincial legal officials, legal secretaries, and others, requesting amendments to the Sin Texas Administration and Inheritance Certificate Law, and devolving the authority of inheritance certificates to the National Database and Registry (Nadra).

The petitioner Alifu Dawood, who is also a member of the Sindh Lawyers Association, stated in the petition that the government has amended the law of inheritance certificates by granting Nadella the power to issue certificates.

He said that the law has legal flaws and should be reconsidered. He asked the High Court to instruct the government to return the bill to the national and provincial parliaments to formulate rules and reconsider in order to resolve legal defects.

He also sought instructions from the Federal and Provincial Legal Secretaries to resolve the dissatisfaction of the Lawyers Committee and the Association with the bill passed by the National Assembly and the Provincial Assembly on the “Sindh Administrative Management Letter and Succession Certificate Act 2021”.

He also sought a court order to suspend the challenged amendment. After the preliminary hearing of the petition, the High Court issued notices to federal and provincial legal officials, legal secretaries, and others, and heard their opinions.