KARACHI, March 2: The residents of Qasba and Baloch colonies have complained of contaminated water. They said the problem had aggravated last month and many neighbourhoods had stopped using this water since more than a week.

The affected people said the contamination was so acute that the water gave a bad odour. They also criticised the KWSB staff for supplying water irregularly, saying sometimes the water was not supplied for three days at a stretch.

This scribe visited the area and found obsolete pipelines from which water was being wasted in different colonies.

The KWSB staff when asked said that the old supply line was being replaced and the leakages problems would be solved shortly.

When asked about the contamination of water, they expressed ignorance about the matter.