Residents Demand Desilting Of Capital's Nullahs

Residents demand desilting of Capital's nullahs

Apathy of Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) and Capital Development Authority (CDA), nullahs passing through different localities of Islamabad are filled with dirty water and mud

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :Apathy of Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) and Capital Development Authority (CDA), nullahs passing through different localities of Islamabad are filled with dirty water and mud.

The civic body had not desilted these nullahs for many years, excusing shortage of funds.

Residents of various sectors of the capital has asked the CDA and MCI to take measures for cleanliness of nullahs passing through their localities.

At least one nullah is following from almost every sector of Islamabad, however, immediate attention of the civic body is needed to clean these and ward off any untoward incident as well save the citizens from several health dangers.

Talking to APP, Hammad Khan, a resident of sector G-7/1, said nullahs located at sector G-9 and G-7 are filled with dirty water and mud.

When the CDA official was contacted he told that the Sanitation Directorate has started the work on the�cleanliness of nullahs by lifting garbage from them on daily basis.

He said teams of the directorate comprised of nullah coolies are carrying out the cleanliness work and lifting of garbage from different nullahs on war footing.

The official informed the Sanitation Directorate to take effective steps for cleanliness of nullahs in well planned manner, as the sewerage lines are causing a massive stench, whereas throwing of plastic bags and other solid waste results in blockage of smooth flow of nullah water.

He said if the cleanliness of these nullahs is carried out on a regular basis, the garbage and malodorousness can be controlled and the spread of diseases can be prevented besides breeding of mosquitoes and other insects.