KARACHI, Feb 22: Sewerage water gushing out from choked lines have inundated various roads and streets in several union councils of Lyari Town, creating an unhygienic condition , besides posing serious health hazards to the residents of the affected localities.

The worst affected localities include Dariyabad, Niazi Chowk, Baloch Road (UC-2), Nawalane (UC-9), Haji Pir Mohammad Road (UC-5), Mirza Adam Khan Road, Mundra Mohalla (UC-9), and Slaughter House Road of UC-6.

Criticizing KWSB officials for not taking any measures for rectifying the fault responsible for chocked gutters, Lyari Town Naib Nazim Malik Mohammad Awan deplored that although filthy environment had been prevailing in different union councils since recent rains, KWSB officials including superintending engineer and the XEN had not bothered to remove the fault responsible for chocked sewerage lines. He said that a number of complaints had been lodged with them.

"Isn't it amazing that whenever we bring the lingering issue of overflowing sewerage lines into the notice of KWSB officials concerned, we are told that they are unable to help resolve the issue on the pretext of paucity of funds," he regretted, saying that a number of streets in the town are flooded with dirty sewerage water to such an extent that pedestrians and passers-by have no choice but to wade through the filthy water.

Malik Awan demanded that KWSB managing director should direct the officials concerned to immediately help resolve the lingering issue of overflowing gutters, or else some serious disease might breakout in the affected localities in an epidemic form.

Complaints of persisting filthy environment owing to overflowing gutters and dumping of silt on roads continues to pour in newspaper offices from different parts of the city.

On Nishtar Road (from Tin Hatti traffic intersection to PIB roundabout), one would see that those who have been assigned the task of desilting sewerage lines have dumped all sorts of rubbish and silt taken out from the sewerage lines all along the road, causing hindrance in the flow of traffic, besides creating an unhygienic condition. Similar scenes could be seen in block 7 and 14 of Federal B' Area.