October 28, 2008	Tuesday	Shawwal 28, 1429

KARACHI, Oct 27: Gutters near the Lyari Telephone Exchange have been overflowing with sewage for past many days while the government department concerned has done nothing to address this problem.

The D.D. Chaudhary Road has been submerged by dirty water and the stench is unbearable for people living in the locality.

Residents say that despite repeated complaints and reminders to the authorities concerned nothing has been done and situation is aggravating day by day.

They said that stagnant sewage on the Ali Nawaz Baloch Road near the telephone exchange has created a lot of problems for the people going to the telephone exchange.

Moreover, students of a polytechnic institute and some private schools located on the road have hard time reaching their educational institutions.

The area people have made several complaints about this problem, recurring in the area since the 1960s. They say that now this problem is required to be resolved on a permanent basis.

“Is it not amazing that whenever we bring this issue of choked sewerage system to the attention of authorities, we are told that nothing can be done because of the faulty drainage system,” an irate resident told Dawn.

It has been pointed out that the sewerage system of the area has completely rotted and lived its life due to which sewage often overflow on the roads and streets. The system was laid about fifty years ago when there were not many people living in the area.

Now the sewerage system has totally collapsed and cannot cope with the needs of a growing population. The construction of multi-storey buildings has further aggravated the situation.