KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved Rs 17.7 billion to purchase fire tenders and eight snorkels for the provincial local government.
Murad Ali Shah took this decision while presiding over a meeting here at the CM House, according to a press statement on Tuesday. The provincial local government department presented a proposal to purchase eight snorkels for extinguishing fire in high-rise buildings.
During the meeting, the chief minister was told that eight snorkels, each one of 35 meters long would be procured for divisional headquarters, three for Karachi, each one for Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Larkana and Mirpurkhas divisions.
Sindh Minister Local Government Nasir Shah informed CM Murad that the tender process for the purchase of snorkels had been undertaken. The chief minister said that the amount of Rs1.5 billion would be made available in the next financial year.
Nasir Shah told the meeting that the municipal committees had to transport garbage swept from their respective areas to their landfill sites, therefore 102 tractors and trolleys were required.
The purchase would cost Rs 4.1 billion. The chief minister, in principle, approved the proposal and directed Finance Department to make the amount available at the start of the next financial year.
The local government department presented another scheme to purchase 89 fire tenders for different municipal committees. He said that most of the municipal committees were in need of fire tenders for firefighting. Murad Ali Shah approved Rs 2.8 billion for the purchase of 89 fire tenders to be provided to municipal committees all over Sindh.
The chief minister approved another proposal of the local government department under which 115 refuse trucks would be purchased for Rs 9.3 billion in the next financial year. CM Murad Ali Shah directed the local government minister to activate KMC and DMCs to clean their major nullas.
