KARACHI, Aug 24: A minor accident involving a truck and a van occurred, leaving a few people slightly injured when a portion of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Road caved in on Thursday.

As the truck carrying newsprint was passing through the road, the cargo fell on the van, slightly injuring its occupants.

According to the municipal staff concerned, an underground main sewer was not functioning properly and sewage had been leaking, which weakened the road and it eventually caved in.

The civic agency staff is now constructing manholes in the sewer running below the road to keep it fully operational, and the repair work is expected to be completed in a few days.

It also transpired that a plan to replace an old sewer, from Pakistan Chowk to a pumping station behind the PIDC House, has been put into doldrums as permission has been denied for closure of this busy road.

As the project is being delayed, the huge cement pipes put up on the footpath of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Road from

Supreme Court Mosque to the Law College crossroads, are causing problems to pedestrians who are forced to walk on the road.