KARACHI, Dec 31: Various areas of the city, particularly Landhi, Korangi, parts of Malir and Khokhrapar, either went without water or received scant supply on Tuesday.
Attributing the shortage in the above-mentioned suburban localities to the less pumping of water from Pipri station on Monday, the sources in the city government’s Water and Sanitation Department said that the all the affected areas would start getting normal supply from Wednesday morning.
Complaints of acute water shortage have also been received from parts of PECHS blocks 2 and 6, KDA Scheme No. 1, Lines Area and Clifton’s Block 2.
Residents of the affected localities said that in the absence of supply from the pipeline, they had to purchase water through private tankers at an exorbitant rate on Tuesday.
Fleets of private tankers were seen shuttling between hydrants and the affected areas, charging between Rs400-500 per tankers. A large number of tankers, which draw water from Muslimabad hydrants, have already caused a heavy damage to a number of important roads.
Most of the busy roads, which had already developed craters and had become bumpy owing to the frequent movement of tankers, included Sindhi Muslim Housing Society’s main road, Dadabhoy Nauroji Road and parts of Share Quaideen.
An acute shortage of water also persisted in different sectors of Orangi, Baldia, North Karachi, Surjani, Shershah and parts of the Site area.
All the above-mentioned sprawling townships had been experiencing water shortage since October 2000 when their supply from the Hub source had come to an end.
Though the Water and Sanitation Department had made alternative arrangements for the localities hooked to the Hub source, these localities often go without water for about a week whenever any single supply day is skipped because the next supply day would fall after 72 hours.
Water supply to Clifton, Gizri, Delhi Colony, Punjab Colony, Shireen Jinnah Colony and Bhutta Village and its adjacent localities remained suspended on Tuesday as part of the W&S department’s plan of diverting Indus water to the localities hooked to the Hub source.
