KARACHI, Sept 14: The SITE Town municipal administration in its on-going campaign against illegal hydrants has removed four unauthorized pipelines through which water was being supplied exclusively to some factories.
A spokesman for the Town said during a raid conducted by the TMA’s Naib Nazim Syed Badshah Khan on the directives of Town Nazim Izharduddin Ahmed Khan, it was found that hydrant mafia had been supplying water to some factories through four different pipelines which they had laid illegally in Golimar, behind a petrol pump.
All the four illegal six-inch pipelines which were as long as three kilometers had been removed while around 50 pipes which were to be used for laying another illegal line had been seized by the Town and an FIR had been lodged in the Pak Colony Police station.
In another raid, the Town’s Naib Nazim, accompanied by TMO Imran Aslam, took four workers of hydrant mafia in their custody on the charges of stealing water from pipelines for selling the same to some factories.
The Town Nazim Izharduudin hoped that with the removal of illegal pipelines from Golimar, the lingering water issue of the Town’s union councils No 1, 2 and 3, will be resolved.
SHORTAGE: A major portion of North Nazimabad’s Block `N’ (from Row No 1 to 12) is deprived of water for the last couple of weeks.
The residents of the affected area complained that although they had lodged a number of complaints with the KWSB official concerned, no measures have, so far, been taken to restore their supply.
They demanded of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s managing director to direct the officials concerned to restore their supply without any further delay as they cannot afford to purchase private tankers for a longer period.
