HYDERABAD, June 26: The Wasa has issued final notices to about one dozen departments here on Wednesday to clear their outstanding dues immediately failing which their water supply will be disconnected within the next 36 hours without any further notice.
The recovery coordinator, Wasa, Shaukat Hussain Bhutto, in a statement said that the defaulters had already been warned on June 4 that if they did not clear their dues by June 17 at the latest, their water supply would be disconnected but till date none of these departments had got in touch with the Wasa.
According to the list provided by Wasa, an amount of Rs9.03 million remains outstanding against the medical superintendent, Liaquat University Hospital, Rs0.32 million against the M. S. Preetabad Hospital, and Rs4.92 million against the M. S. Sir Cowasjee Institute.
The other defaulters include the Government Zubaida College Rs3.88 million, the Boys College Kali Mori Rs0.36 million, the Technical College Hyderabad Rs3.71 million, Shahbaz Building, Circuit House, VIP House, Rs1.27 million, Taluka Municipal Administration Latifabad Rs22.53 million, TMA city Rs157.72 million, and the Central Jail Hyderabad Rs19.07 million.
NLF: The provincial president, National Labour Federation (NLF), Rana Mehmood Ali Khan, has expressed grave concern over the bursting of a boiler in the Pakistan Oil Mills, Liaquat Colony, resulting in injuries to several workers.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, he said that this was the third incident in the factory, which was due to the carelessness of the managing director of the factory.
Mr Khan said that the managing director of the factory was a former president of the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the chairperson, District Public Safety Commission, and, therefore, he was taking undue advantage of his position.
He alleged that the factory was neither inspected under the labour laws nor were any precautionary measures taken in this unit.
He said that the people of the locality had protested on many occasions for having the factory shifted to some other location but in vain.
The labour leader warned that the factory owner may be very resourceful and influential but he would not be allowed to play with the lives of the workers.
He demanded that legal action should be taken against the managing director of the factory.