Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to get more fire tenders

Firefighting arrangements should be beefed up at all public places, says Saeed Ghani

KARACHI: The Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani said that more fire tenders will be given to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) very soon in order to enhance its firefighting capabilities.

This he said at a meeting with a delegation of National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) comprising Nadeem Asharf and John Richard.



Earlier this month, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah handed over 10 new fire tenders and a 104 meters-long snorkel to different municipal agencies of the province. To KMC alone, a snorkel worth Rs495 million and three fire tenders worth Rs19m each were given. The CM had expressed his resolve to support and enhance firefighting capabilities of municipal agencies in every district and taluka of the province.

While talking to the NFEH’s delegation, Ghani said that the firefighting arrangements should be beefed up at all public places, industries, hotels, and shopping malls in Sindh.

He said that industrialists, buildings owners, municipal administrations and citizens all were under strict obligation to take the due fire safety measures and spread awareness among the general public.

Ghani eulogized NFEH’s services for promoting public awareness about fire safety measures to be taken in urban areas and said that the provincial Local Government Department would provide support to all such initiatives and efforts by non-governmental organisations (NGOs).



NFEH President Naeem Qureshi briefed the meeting about upcoming 8th Annual Fire Safety and Security Convention and Awards to be held on November 7 at a local hotel. He invited Ghani to attend the event as a chief guest. Representatives from corporate sector, NGOs and government officials can attend this event.

He advised that the government should declare a state of emergency to carry out tree plantation campaigns and to improve sanitation and waste disposal situation across the province. While agreeing to this proposal, Ghani expressed his resolve that the Sindh government would do its best and use all its resources to ensure a cleaner and greener province.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 28^th, 2018.