IN the midst of the rainfall season, it is traumatising to witness trenches being dug up on roads literally almost everywhere in Defence Housing Authority.

I stopped my car and asked the crew why they were digging up the road. I was totally unprepared for the answer: the DHA had initiated the work for underground wire embedding! The question that immediately arose in my mind: was this the best time to engage in this activity?

One fails to understand the purpose of wasting scant funds and getting labour to dig roads to lay underground wiring when the priority for DHA should be to clean the rain water drains. These drains are a disaster for vehicles have been neglected for long.

In many areas the drains surface is cracked and broken. The drain slabs in many places have been missing for ages and the DHA has not bothered to replace them.

DHA authorities need to resolve this issue and stop digging roads in the monsoon season.

Dr Aisha Khan Jadoon
Karachi

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2020