KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Saturday that three days to clean this city of megalopolis is quite difficult and rather impossible. “I had given the administration three days just to activate them and assess the capacity and spirit now giving them more time to clean the city,” he said. He said this while talking to media at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport just after visiting the city to review cleanliness work which was started recently, said a statement on Saturday. The Sindh chief minister said that he gave three days time to city commissioner and administrator of Karachi to clean the metropolis knowing that the task was almost impossible but `my purpose was to awaken the administration from the slumber and I am happy that they have worked hard adding that it was beginning of the work and would be completed within two months successfully. He said that the Karachi administration was seeking at least six months to clean this metropolis but I would not give them so much time. This is a big job and they have to lift the accumulated garbage and debris along with regular sweeping and lifting house-hold waste, he said. Qaim Ali Shah remarked that the de-silting of four storm water drains was also in progress and the garbage excavated from the drains has to be transported to landfill sites, therefore, they need more time. While replying to a question, he said that he was going to Dubai where he would attend a meeting convened by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting would be chaired by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. “It is an important meeting in which party leadership would review the performance of the government and would set new targets for development works,” he said. The CM said, “He would brief the leadership on the performance of his government in different sectors such as education, health, water and sanitation.” While talking about the issue of the powers of Sindh Rangers, the chief minister said, “of course, this issue would be discussed there. I would brief the party leadership on this matter and on the performance of the law enforcement agencies that have restored peace in this city of 250 million people and this issue of power and extension would be solved.” Earlier, the Sindh chief minister visited different areas of the city where cleanliness work was in progress. The areas which he visited include Boating Basin drain, Mai Kolachi, MA Jinnah Road, Old Sabzi Mandi, Hassan Square, Baitul Muqarram Masjid area, Stadium Road, Manzoor Colony and Qayoomabad drain. He got down from his jeep at Boating Basin and Qayoomabad drains where de-slitting was done. He directed the Local Government Minister Jam Khan Shoro, who joined him at Boating Basin, to ensure lifting of the filth and garbage from the drains to land fill sites. The Sindh chief minister told the local government minister that he would give cash prize to the officers and administrators of DMCs, KMCs and other authorities concerned who made their areas neat and clean. “I would personally visit and assess who has done best job for best prize and those who fail to perform or achieve would face the music,” he said. Karachi Additional IG Mushtaq Maher, Commissioner Karachi, Aijaz Khan, KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed, municipal commissioner and other officers concerned were with the chief minister during his visit in the city.