ISLAMABAD: Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) Monday declared a rain emergency in Karachi as Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast more rains in Karachi till December 28.

SSWMB Managing Director (MD) Zubair Ahmed Channa issued these orders following which the staffers in East, West, South, Malir, Kemari, and Korangi districts carried out drainage work with brush and broom. The board teams also used vehicles-mounted dewatering machines at some locations.

Further, SSWMB MD directed related officials and in-charges of complaint centres to timely forward public grievances to the concerned officers. He also directed the contractors to collect garbage from different areas at the earliest and assured that all teams would be mobilized to provide relief to the citizens. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast more rains in Karachi till December 28.

A spell of rain hit the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan including Karachi on Monday morning, disturbing social and business life. K-Electric (KE) today switched off 340 feeders out of 1900 as a precautionary measure in some areas of Karachi after rain with a high risk of electrocution but claimed that the utility would supply power to most parts of the city as per routine.