Rain in Karachi: What preparations and arrangements has government made?
Rain in Karachi: What preparations and arrangements has government made?
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00:00The meeting that took place with regards to the rain in which the chief meteorologist was also present
00:06What was decided in that meeting?
00:07All the administrative matters were taken into consideration
00:10The minister said that he has instructed all the divisional commissioners
00:13And the monitoring of the drains and the machining required in the drinking areas
00:17Should be done on time
00:19Let's talk about the arrangements
00:21We have with us in the studio, Deputy Commissioner Central
00:23Fawad Ghaffar Sumro
00:25Thank you so much Fawad sahib
00:26Thank you so much for being with us and for waiting
00:29Please tell us that this time there are a lot of rain arrangements
00:33Here you are told that if there is a light rain
00:35Then we forget where the ditch was yesterday and where it is today
00:39So now it must be quite concerning for you guys as well
00:42What preparations are you doing here?
00:43Yes, absolutely
00:44See, this time the rain prediction is forecast
00:47That there are almost intermittent spells which will run till 31st August
00:51Yes, yes
00:52Now the good thing about this is that it is intermittent
00:54The rain forecast is that there will be a cumulative rain of 200 mm
01:00And there will be a spell of more than 40 mm
01:03I was just watching on your channel
01:05That there has been a rain of 52-53 mm in Qaidabad
01:10And in Surjani and Maripur there has been a very low rain of 10-12 mm
01:15So these are intermittent spells which are happening in different areas of the city
01:19And the district administration and divisional administration is fully geared up
01:25Control rooms have been established at the district level and at the divisional level
01:29Rescue 112 is there, PDM is there
01:32And all the civic and local governments are fully prepared
01:36But the numbers that you have given us are not that much
01:40It is going to rain now
01:41And if we talk about the other areas of Sindh apart from Karachi
01:45Then there is a prediction of 400-500 mm
01:48I will just focus on today's situation
01:50It did not rain much
01:52There is water in the underpass
01:53People had difficulty coming to the office in the morning
01:55We were stuck in traffic for a long time
01:56So despite these arrangements being good, why is this situation in such a low rain?
02:01See, the underpass is almost clear, as far as I know
02:04I myself am a DC of Central
02:06So it is almost clear
02:07I have come, so I got water
02:09Which underpass?
02:11This area of yours, the north area
02:14I have come from here
02:15Okay, I will check it
02:16I am also coming from the north
02:18So it is almost clear
02:19See, when suddenly the spell of rain is going on
02:22Maybe it will take 10 minutes
02:24Maybe because of that, the water accumulates a little
02:27Secondly, it is necessary to understand that the water that you are seeing on the roads
02:32It goes through sweeping
02:33And all the staff of Solid Waste Management Board are on the roads
02:38They also do sweeping
02:39And all your workers are still there
02:44Okay, tell me, you said in the beginning that these will be intermittent spells
02:49That is, it will be done one by one
02:51It won't rain so much at a time
02:52But the point is, the difference in them
02:55That is, if we talk about timing
02:57It may happen after 4 hours, after 5 hours
02:59And Pakistan is in its place
03:01The system works differently in Lahore and Islamabad
03:03It takes time to get water here
03:05It is not a story of 10 minutes or 15 minutes, it is a story of several hours
03:08If there will be spells one after the other, how will it be managed?
03:12We don't have a system of stormwater drainage
03:14If I talk about the streets and the streets
03:16The system of sewerage and water is mixed
03:20That is why there is a problem with our roads
03:23Take the example of carpeting
03:25It is not visible when it rains
03:27Although I think the government must have spent a lot of money on it
03:29Yes, absolutely
03:30See, every city has its own design system
03:33Except Karachi
03:35No, see, the system in Karachi is much better
03:37Compared to last year, 2022
03:39In comparison with what?
03:41Let me tell you
03:43See, this time the district administration is working more on the roads
03:49All the dewatering pumps of PDMA are already stationed at all the major choking points and flash points
03:57Their numbers are shared
03:59And apart from this, the talks that the mayor has just talked about
04:03A lot has already been done about it
04:05Advisory has also been issued
04:07And it has also been said that all their machinery will be on the road
04:09He will be on the road
04:11He is also supervising all the work
04:13In addition to this, the traffic pipeline has also been established
04:17So things are obviously
04:19The system design is not like this
04:21As compared to Lahore
04:23I was saying that my question was basically
04:25Our stormwater drainage system
04:27You know that in big cities there are different systems
04:29And sewerage systems are different
04:31Here then
04:33They are going to the same place
04:35Because the stormwater drainage system does not exist in Karachi
04:37You are absolutely right
04:39But to install a stormwater drainage system in a city
04:41Its cost becomes very prohibitive
04:45That should be part of the master plan
04:47You know better when the master plan was made
04:49See that is why
04:51Carpeting will also start after this spell
04:55The mayor has also said
04:57Carpeting will start again after the monsoon spell
05:03Your point is absolutely right
05:05The system should be designed in this way
05:07But urban flooding
05:09Suddenly there is a lot of rain
05:11More water comes after more rain
05:15Urban flooding phenomenon
05:17Everyone is experiencing
05:19The city of Dubai is also experiencing
05:21Who did not design the system in this way
05:23But the good thing about it is
05:25Almost all the resources
05:27It is on the ground
05:29And things are not in such a situation
05:31That you get stranded somewhere
05:33You get stranded
05:35You get stuck in traffic for hours
05:37Our representatives were saying one thing
05:39That the mayor's instructions are in place
05:41But the town administration
05:43Is not able to cooperate
05:45Today they were saying manually
05:47Our representatives were saying
05:49That the stormwater drainage system is manual
05:53The commissioner has given a clear instruction
05:55That the district administration
05:57Has a key role
05:59And the district administration
06:01Has a coordination effort
06:03Between the TMC and TMCs
06:07As your representative said
06:09In the inner areas
06:11The dewatering pump
06:13Is basically the work of TMCs
06:17And again
06:19It is the mayor's civil system
06:21So the drainage can also be done manually
06:23The water collected on the roads
06:25Will go through sweeping
06:27The water collected on the roads
06:29Will go through sweeping
06:31Now where there is no stormwater
06:33Drainage
06:35I could not make a video
06:37I was coming from one place
06:39And I was seeing that the water is coming
06:41From the other side of the road
06:43So I thought what difference does it make
06:47I am talking about Banaras
06:49I don't know if it comes to your area
06:51No it doesn't come to my area
06:53If we get machinery
06:55It will make our life easier
06:57Machinery is deployed
06:59PDMA has deployed machinery
07:01At 30 major points
07:03KMC has deployed machinery
07:05At 10 major points
07:07Apart from this
07:09Karachi and Water Service Corporation
07:11Has deployed 22 to 23 suction machines
07:13But it is important to understand
07:15That this machinery
07:17Is big
07:19Machinery of 4 or 6 inches
07:21When there is a good quantity of water
07:23This road
07:25Is in your area
07:27Going from the board office
07:29The condition of the road
07:31You are saying that later
07:33Carpeting will be done
07:35I think it will be done in August or September
07:37As I told you earlier
07:39The last spell
07:41Which we are experiencing
07:43By the 10th of September
07:45The monsoon season will end
07:47What is the issue in the area of Hyderi
07:49The issue is
07:51The surface drainage
07:53You have to drain water from the road
07:55Because of which
07:57The water coming down from the flowers
07:59Accumulates
08:01And we have to remove it through sweeping
08:03The carpeting
08:05You must have the record of those companies
08:07Government records must be there
08:09If a time frame
08:11Is given
08:13Before that
08:15You can ask them
08:17About the material
08:19There are good accountability mechanisms
08:21KMC has introduced
08:23Basically this domain
08:25Is of KMC
08:27KMC is in charge of M&R
08:29And development
08:31And now
08:33We had a talk
08:35With the Metropolitan Commissioner
08:37He said that
08:39They have hired reputed firms
08:41But the change
08:43Takes time
08:45But you are seeing the improvement
08:47Like you said
08:49This is the same spell
08:51But you must have seen
08:53There is no major arteries
08:55We will talk about it after 3-4 days
08:57This time
08:59The situation is much better
09:01Thank you so much
09:03Commissioner Central
09:05Fawad Ghaffar
09:07I hope things are better
09:09But we have to work a lot
09:11We have a big city
09:13We have to work on it