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KARACHI, Sept 28: Work on the long-awaited sewerage system of Jehangir Road in Jamshed Town will begin in a month at an estimated cost of Rs2.7 million.
The work to be completed in the next two months will provide relief to the people residing in the government’s Jamshed Quarters, Martin Quarters and the nearby Baloch Para from the off and on overflowing of filthy sewage water, as in the absence of a sewerage system, the sewerage lines of these localities were directly connected with Jehangir Road’s storm water drain which often remained blocked.
Divulging the details of the project, the KWSB’s Deputy Managing Director (Technical Services), Suleman Chandio said that work on Jehangir Road’s sewerage system would be initiated in four to five weeks, when the ongoing work of laying fibre cement sewers of different diameters at Business Recorder and Bahadur Yar Jung Roads’ will be completed.
He said that with the laying of Jehangir Road’s sewerage system, the sewage of Martin Quarters, Jamshed Quarters and Baloch Para would directly go to the sewerage plant through the Lyari River’s interceptor, helping to save millions of rupees currently being spent on energy at Jamila pumping station. The menace of overflowing sewage water on main Jehangir Road from the stormwater drain would also come to an end.
Business Recorder Road, which too is without any sewerage system, and as a result of which, people residing on either side of the road off and on face the problem of overflowing sewage, is also being provided the facility of a sewerage system at an estimated cost of Rs7.5 million.
The project’s work, which includes laying of fibre cement sewers at Business Recorder Road and taping of BYJ Road and the adjoining areas, was nowadays continuing and scheduled to be completed in three to four weeks, the KWSB official said, adding that a number of localities of Jamshed Town such as Fatima Jinnah Colony, Garden East’s Patel Para, a portion of Hyderabad Colony and PIB Colony will benefit.
Moreover, work to replace two wornout trunk sewers at I. I. Chundrigar Road and Altaf Hussain Road was in the final stages of completion at an estimated cost of Rs15.958 million, he said, adding that with the completion of the work, the recurring problem of sewage overflowing at I. I. Chundrigar Road, Nickel Road, Frere Road, M. A. Jinnah Road, Jodia Bazaar, Raja Mansion, Civil Hospital, Chand Bibi Road, City Courts, Pan Mandi, Bhimpura, Marriot Road, Juna Market, New Challi, Paper Market, Garri Khata and some other adjoining areas would be solved to a great extent.
Funds to the tune of Rs26.158 million for all these sewerage improvement plans were being provided under the Khushal Pakistan Programme’s Phase-III, he added.
NAZIMEEN COMPLAIN: Despite contributing towards the income of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board through paying high taxes, the residents of Union Council, PECHS Block-2 are being deprived of potable water due to the negligence of the KWSB, as a result of which, the elected representatives have to face the resentment of the public, adds PPI.
This was stated by Nazim, UC-7, Zahid Saeed in a joint statement issued by Imran Saeed Baghpati, Nazim, UC-5 and Councillors Karimullah Ajmeri, Sadiq Bhatti, Abdul Rahim Rao Sharif, Tariq Mehmood, Shahnawaz Baluch and Mohammed Idrees here on Saturday.
Imran Saeed Baghpati disclosed that during the recent downpour in Karachi, a 48-inch diameter sewerage line of the water treatment plant situated at Mehmoodabad had once again burst, which inundated most parts of UC-4, 5 and 6. Resultantly, local sewerage lines had been destroyed, and he expressed his apprehension that the clean potable water crisis may erupt again in the future.
He revealed that he had personally inspected the repaired sewerage line the other day, and found that the ‘C2’ on which the sewerage line used to rest was removed to release choked sewage, which was blatantly negligent, as it disturbed the balanced slope of the line leading to cracks from the next joint.
Nazim, UC-6, Saifuddin, divulged that at the time of the construction of the subway under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme at Imam Ahmed Road, Block-6 E Market, the dilapidated conditions of underlying sewerage and potable water lines were brought to the notice of the authorities, but they ignored the information and presently, overflowing sewerage was destroying the recently built road and subway.
