Karachi Ke masail Ke Liye Koi Sanjeeda Kyun Nahi..? Sabiq Adminstrator Karachi Ka Ahem Bayan

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00:00Karachi is a city that needs a court that can solve its problems.

00:10If we talk about Karachi, the Contentment Board looks at some areas of Karachi,

00:16the DHA is seen somewhere, then the Mayor of Karachi comes,

00:20the KMC looks at different areas, then the Town Nazmeen comes,

00:25and when the cases are not settled, then there is a series of indictments.

00:30The recent rains, there were a lot of predictions that it will rain a lot,

00:35and it will rain 200 mm, and after that God knows what will happen,

00:40but it did not rain that much, but the roads, despite less rain,

00:45were still not enough.

00:47Now in the city, you see the traffic jams every day,

00:49where there are protests on the basis of different reasons,

00:51and the biggest problem there is that the roads are not enough,

00:54and where there was water earlier, and poor construction was done,

00:58the roads have disappeared from there.

01:00Now what is the matter?

01:02We spoke to the Mayor of Karachi in the morning show,

01:06and we told him that okay, you will make the roads better,

01:09but those who did not make the roads right before,

01:12what action will be taken against them?

01:14Obviously, how should it be done against them?

01:16But now the news has come that with the cost of 2 billion rupees,

01:19the city has asked for a tender for the repair of the roads, bridges,

01:22and sewerage lines, and for the emergency work.

01:25And then it is that the work of repair is also being handed over to KMC,

01:28Mahakamha Engineering, and this is the same Mahakamha,

01:31which was also responsible for the poor construction.

01:35That is, they had damaged the roads, and now they are being handed over

01:39to do the same repair work.

01:41So we spoke to Mr. Murtaza Wahab in our morning show,

01:45a few days ago, when these rains were happening,

01:48what was his opinion on the construction of the roads at that time?

01:51First, let's see.

01:53I agree with you that the quality of the roads was not right,

01:58there was probably some issue with the sewerage,

02:01we need to address these issues.

02:03And I say this as the Mayor of the city of Karachi,

02:06that now our strategy is to start the process of rehabilitating the roads

02:11immediately after the rains.

02:13I have told the engineers that you have to make sure

02:16that there is no compromise on quality, number one.

02:19Number two, I have told them that there will be no payment of the contractor

02:23until the third-party consultant verifies that

02:26there is no compromise on quality and quantity.

02:32Okay, let's start the discussion here.

02:37We have with us Mr. Faheem Uzama,

02:39a former administrator of Karachi,

02:41and he has a close eye on the issues of Karachi.

02:43Thank you so much for joining us, sir.

02:45Please tell us, the reason for the complaint

02:48that the roads were not constructed properly,

02:51and the contract is being given again,

02:54why are the roads so poor in Karachi?

02:57This is also a part of Pakistan.

02:59This is not the case in other cities of Pakistan.

03:02It is not the case in Lahore,

03:04where there is water after the rains.

03:06It is not the case in Islamabad,

03:08where the drainage system is better,

03:10but it is so poor that the roads are not visible.

03:12Why is this?

03:14First of all, thank you for including me in the program.

03:44There is no need for a permanent consultant.

03:46Look, before a road is constructed,

03:48a road is designed.

03:50It is called a book.

03:52The tender documents say that

03:54there is a design before that.

03:56The department decides.

03:58If there is a major road,

04:00then it is done by a consultant.

04:02Once it is designed,

04:04according to that,

04:06it is tendered.

04:08In the process of tendering,

04:10it is kept safe.

04:12Contractors respond.

04:14There is a sub-base under the road.

04:16There is a base.

04:18At the end,

04:20there is a black top.

04:22In short,

04:24there is a glass of steel.

04:26There is a pipe of that type.

04:28There is a pipe of that type.

04:30There is a pipe of that type.

04:32There is a pipe of that type.

04:34There is a pipe of that type.

04:36There is a pipe of that type.

04:38There is a pipe of that type.

04:40There is a pipe of that type.

04:42At any place,

04:44the supervising engineer

04:46checks it.

04:48Along with that,

04:50the entire road

04:52comes out of it.

04:54He finds out that

04:56if there was a 3-inch sub-base,

04:58it was there.

05:00If there was a 2-inch base,

05:02it was not there.

05:04All these things are present.

05:06The mayor is very innocent.

05:08He may not know about these things.

05:10He may not know about these things.

05:12No one has educated him in these matters.

05:14Why is he so innocent?

05:16Why is he so innocent?

05:18Before he became the mayor,

05:20he was the administrator of the city.

05:22He was the administrator of the city.

05:24Why is he so ignorant?

05:26Why is he so innocent?

05:28I cannot answer that.

05:30I cannot answer that.

05:32What I mean to say is that

05:34it is not the mayor's responsibility.

05:36It is the department's responsibility.

05:38It is the department's responsibility.

05:40It is the department's responsibility.

05:42In May 1994-95,

05:44it rained heavily.

05:46Along with the park colony,

05:48there was a water line.

05:50There was a water line.

05:52Its trench was built

05:54before the rains.

05:56The entire line collapsed.

05:58From the superintendent engineer,

06:00who was in-charge of the district west,

06:02to the inspector,

06:04everyone was suspended

06:06and an inquiry was conducted against them.

06:08You tell me,

06:10roads worth billions of rupees

06:12are being built and will be built.

06:14What is the problem?

06:16If the system is such

06:18that we have to take only commissions,

06:20then,

06:22you will dig my back

06:24and I will dig your back.

06:26Then what inquiry will be conducted?

06:28Mr. Fahim, please tell me

06:30that this is the age of social media.

06:32Mainstream media also keeps an eye on these things.

06:34Obviously, the commission

06:36has been going on for a long time.

06:38But to build such bad roads

06:40so that they expose you.

06:42We are sitting in the program

06:44and talking about the condition of the roads.

06:46Obviously, fingers are pointing at them.

06:48Is there no fear of anyone?

06:50Is there such a negative material?

06:52Or is there any effect of our master plan

06:54on the city?

06:56No, no.

06:58See,

07:00I said earlier

07:02in the book,

07:04everything is present in it.

07:06When you design a road,

07:08you make a stormwater drain

07:10with it.

07:12Now you tell me,

07:14if you go to DHA,

07:16there are gratings in the middle of the road.

07:18Have you seen anywhere in the world?

07:20What I mean to say is

07:22that this is a waste of air.

07:24See, 2-3 years ago,

07:26there was a tender of 97 crore rupees

07:28for the University Road.

07:30In the first rain,

07:32it broke from 24 places.

07:34I sent a video

07:36to the minister,

07:38Mr. Radhuli Shah.

07:40And I said,

07:42I will not take a single rupee from you.

07:44You give me the responsibility

07:46of the inquiry of this road.

07:48See,

07:50this money

07:52does not belong to the government.

07:54This money does not belong to the government.

07:56This money is paid by me and you

07:58with the help of tax.

08:00And this money is his property.

08:02If he does not spend it properly,

08:04if he does not enforce the book,

08:06then this is a criminal act

08:08against him.

08:10There is already a movement

08:12in the civil society

08:14that we should approach

08:16the High Court and the Supreme Court.

08:18And we should say

08:20that the roads you make,

08:22the lines of water you put,

08:24the lines of sewage you put,

08:26what your book says,

08:28you do it with it,

08:30and if you do not do it,

08:32then what is it?

08:34And if someone has not done it,

08:36then why should there be no legal solution?

08:38This is the question.

08:40Basically, explain

08:42that the stormwater drains

08:44that we talk about,

08:46does this system exist somewhere in Karachi?

08:48Is it present?

08:50The stormwater drains

08:52absolutely existed.

08:56You have destroyed them.

09:00Apart from the stormwater drains,

09:02the sewage lines, the lines of water,

09:04in the world,

09:06the sewage line is very low,

09:08the water line is high.

09:10On one side of the road,

09:12the water line is 2.5 feet below,

09:14on the other side,

09:16the sewage line is 2.5 feet below.

09:18The sewage is contaminated

09:20with water.

09:22And they keep saying that

09:24our filter plants are not working.

09:26This is not the problem of the filter plant.

09:28So, brother,

09:30I said,

09:32this innocence.

09:34You are absolutely right.

09:36Thank you very much, Mr. Zaman.

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