KARACHI: The contractors of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) are in the process of repairing and reconstructing the affected buildings of M.A.Jinnah Road, in response to the appeal of Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal.

The contractors have employed a work force comprising 1500 people with heavy machinery in the rehabilitation work and so far completed the work on 10 to 12 shops. Services of civil engineers have also been hired to oversee the work.

The contractors are trying to finish the work within a week so that the shops could be handed over to the traders for resumption of the business activities at the earliest.

Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has restored electricity to the shops where rehabilitation work has been completed.

Meanwhile, over 3,000 survey forms have distributed for estimation of the losses.