Anticipation of heavy monsoon rains in Quetta, the administration could not end the encroachment of the drains
The meteorological department has predicted heavy monsoon rains in Quetta in July and August, but the district administration has not been able to remove the encroachment from many drains in the city.
Some time ago, the provincial government had directed to ensure cleanliness of the city's drains by eliminating encroachment.
The Balochistan government and PDMA authorities had issued instructions to the Metropolitan Corporation to clean all the city's drains and remove encroachments before the arrival of monsoon rains, but the encroachments could not be completely removed from the city's main drains.
In this regard, Commissioner Quetta and Administrator Metropolitan Corporation Hamza Shafqat said that there are 4 types of drains in Quetta, 15 rain drains are with the Irrigation Department while one drain is under the supervision of the Communications and Construction Department, 82 drains are cleaned by the Metropolitan. The corporation is responsible.
He said that the drains under the supervision of the Metropolitan Corporation have been cleaned with the help of PDMA.
Administrator Metropolitan Corporation Hamza Shafqat said that under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Quetta, the work of removing encroachments on the city drain is going on, which is 60 to 70 percent complete.