SANGHAR, July 16: Most of the roads damaged by last year’s torrential rains have not been repaired yet and motorists and commuters are facing serious problems.

Repair of some sections of the roads was taken up but the pace of work is slow and can not be completed before the onset of monsoon.

The repair of the Sanghar-Hyderabad road at Shah Baig Mari which remained under water for two months has not been completed.

The Khadro-Shahpur Chakar road has two to three feet deep ditches. As a result, vehicles move slowly and 5-minute drive from Khadro to Shahpur Chakar takes almost half an hour.

Patients going to Nawabshah are suffering while trucks transporting goods to the town have stopped plying on the road.

The roads from Chak No.8 to Sanghar, Bochina Mori to Chotiyarioon, Kandiari to Berani, Sanghar to Kandiari, Jhol to Shahdadpur and Sinjhoro to Shahdadpur were seriously damaged last year and remained under water for several days.

Even in the town, roads are still in a bad shape. The M.A. Jinnah Road and Court road have been recently repaired with MPA’s funds but a 20-minute rain on July 10 exposed the quality of work with pools of water covering them.

The damaged parts of Sanghar-Shahdadpur and Sanghar-Mirpurkhas roads have not been repaired yet.

A taxi-driver, Sabir Mallah, said that the damaged roads had caused a drop in their income and added to expenditure on repair.

Engineer Highway Division Kazim Raza Shah said that funds for repairing the roads had not yet been received.

suicide: A woman committed suicide in Khipro on Monday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan.

According to police, Ms Sundy, 26, wife of Gotam, killed herself after a domestic dispute.

No case has been registered.

BODY FOUND: The bullet-riddled body of a 25-year-old man has been found in Tando Adam.

The deceased was identified as Wasim Brohi of Hala Phatak. The body was taken to hospital for post-mortem.

The victim's wife Sayyan Brohi said her husband had left home with one Zulfiqar alias Bhutto Chandio and an unidentified man on Monday and did not return.

ROBBERY: Robbers barged into the house of a sub engineer in Public Health Engineering Department in Jatia Para of Tando Adam and took away jewellery, Rs40,000 cash and cell-phones.

No male member of the family was at home at that time. No FIR has been registered.