KARACHI, Dec 12: Clogging of a 51-year-old main trunk sewer in Clifton Pumping Station has resulted in inundation of roads and streets in Bath Island area.

Residents of Bath Island have been facing hardships for the last four days due to continuing stink of sewage. Sewage had been accumulated in front of their houses, they said, adding that they are living in the same condition as they had experienced in the monsoon.

Admitting the problem in Bath Island, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal told Dawn that the main trunk sewer, which was laid in 1955 for draining sewage of Clifton and Bath Island to Clifton Pumping Station, collapsed and caused overflowing of sewage in the residential area.

He said for the last four days the officials and staff of KWSB were working to remove the fault but it was a gigantic task, as the line was 32 feet beneath the soil.

The nazim said the problem would be solved in a day or two on a temporary basis. “The main trunk sewer was over 50-year-old and it had to be replaced by the previous governments. We will change the whole line for which the tender had already been invited.