KARACHI, Oct 4: Thousands of residents of Baldia Town have been compelled to use gutter-mixed water for the last many months due to negligence of the officials concerned, said the office-bearers of Pasban on Wednesday.

Pasban Karachi President Ashraf Hussain, Deputy Secretary General Sohrab Gul, Pasban Baldia President Muhammad Arshad visited different parts of Baldia Town including Saeedabad, Noorul Islam Road, Sarhad Road, Madina Colony and Awami Street in UC-6 to assess the situation.

“Due to leakage in water and sewerage lines, sewage is getting mixed into the drinking water,” they said, adding that gutters are overflowing at every nook and corner in these areas.

They said that 30-year-old water and sewerage lines in these areas needed repair and replacement. They charged that leakage points had been pointed out, and several written complaints during the last six months had been lodged with Baldia Town Nazim, UC Nazims, TMO and KWSB MD but in vain.

They said that citizens were forced to purchase water through tanker mafia due to apathy of the elected representatives and authorities concerned.

They termed the situation alarming and urged Chief Minister Arbab Rahim, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and higher authorities of the KWSB to take immediate notice of the situation and order repair of the outdated pipelines.—PPI