Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) Kashif Shoro has directed the officials of HMC and Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HW&SC) to desilt all the drains in the city prior to the start of the monsoon rainfall.

HYDERABAD, Jul 10 (APP): Mayor of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) Kashif Shoro has directed the officials of HMC and Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HW&SC) to desilt all the drains in the city prior to the start of the monsoon rainfall.

Mayor’s spokesman informed here on Friday that Shoro had directed the officials to pace up the exercise of desilting the storm drains as well as the sewerage lines.

He added that on the mayor’s instructions the desilting of Doman Wah, which passed through densely populated localities in City taluka, was carried out on Friday.

According to him, the cleaning of the drains had been started simultaneously in all the 9 Town Municipal Corporations (TMCs).

He said the Mayor had asked the officials to ensure that no drain became choked or spilled over during the upcoming rains.

Shoro also urged the people to avoid throwing solid waste in the drains.