Talking to Business Recorder here on Saturday, opposition leader of Awam Dost panel in the council Saeed Ghani said only 24 hours rains have exposed the CDGK's performance and its "emergency plan", which was particularly evolved to cope with the monsoon rains.
"The city saw no plans during the recent rains and the CDGK failed to fulfil its pledges made prior to rains that the city will be protected from any catastrophe," he maintained.
To a question, he said on the one hand the incumbent CDGK had separated the Malir Development Authority (MDA) and Lyari Development Authority (LDA) from its jurisdiction, which were the inherent parts of the CDGK, while on the other it demanded to be given execution charge of the entire city, which was a contradiction.
Saeed said how would it be possible for the CDGK to tackle issues in areas falling under the jurisdiction of Cantonment Board, railways, PIA or KPT, while it had already failed to address issues in its 18 towns.
He alleged no opposition member, particularly his panel councillors, had been involved in the CDGK's rain emergency plan, which was launched at the UC level.
Expressing apprehensions, he said the CDGK had uncovered the drain on Shahra-e-Quaideen, which could result in deadly road accidents during night hours or rainy days.
"There were no protections in the area for vehicles," he added.
Earlier, addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Saeed Ghani along with Rafiq Ahmed, leader of Al-Khidmat panel, and other opposition members flayed the CDGK for failing to cope with the rains aftermaths.
They alleged none of the authorities claimed responsibility despite complete collapse of the civic infrastructure.
They said Karachi was generating 70 percent of total revenue of the country, but unfortunately it had been left at the mercy of an "indifferent city nazim".
Criticising Mustafa Kamal for saying that the Clifton underpass was not falling under his jurisdiction, they said billions of rupees underpass remained flooded for days while he did not attempt to pump out water from it.
They also criticised the CDGK and KPT for the "blame game" and said instead efforts should have been made to flush out water from it. They also alleged complaint centres set up to sort out public problems had also failed to respond to public complaints.
They also demanded disbursement of Rs 6.4 million allocated in last fiscal budget and Rs 9.5 million in current fiscal budget for the development of union councils.