KARACHI, July 16: Non-availability of water in parts of Orangi Town’s Raja Tanveer Colony, Tori Bangash Colony and other adjoining areas has been causing sufferings to people, and the situation has worsened to such an extent that it may result in law and order problem.
Area people said water supply line had been laid in the locality about eight years back, but there was no water supply.
Mohammad Ali Khan Mahsood, a social worker, said that the notables of the area had repeatedly held meetings with the authorities concerned and elected members, but despite their commitments, the problems were yet to be resolved.
The people, he said, had been buying water from tankers at exorbitant prices and some times, especially during the hot season, they have to run after the water tankers.
The people are of the opinion that the above-mentioned localities are part of Orangi town and the authorities concerned were morally bound to provide them water.
“The commissioning of the K-111 water project should have eased the problem, but the situation otherwise,” they said.
Mehsood demanded that the government should meet the genuine demands of the people, and remove the prevailing unrest among the residents, adding if their problems were not resolved, the people would have no other option except to stage protest demonstrations.
Meanwhile, the delay in reconstruction of main Orangi road has caused problems for motorists. The pace of work on the roads is very slow, and always creates hurdles in the smooth flow of traffic system, which sometimes forces transporters to change their routes for their convenience against the will of passengers. Work on the road was started a decade ago, but it could not be completed for reasons best known to authorities.
The sanitation system has also been affected badly, and sewage overflows are a common sight.
