KARACHI, Nov 20: A major road of Federal B’ Area’s Block 2 (Hussainabad) is flooded with sewage water, causing inconvenience to motorists and pedestrians.
Residents of the locality complained that although filthy water gushing out from some choked gutters in the vicinity of House No 74/2 (Hussainabad) often remained stagnant, near Memon Centre and an adjacent street, the KWSB’s officials concerned had not yet bothered to clear the chocked gutters, despite a number of complaints lodged with them.
The dirty water which has inundated the road and a street has not only created stinking atmosphere in the locality but is causing inconvenience to motorists in general and pedestrians in particular.
Complaints of overflowing gutters have also been received from Federal B’ Area’s blocks 7 and 14.
Residents of the affected locality said that filthy water coming out from chocked gutters/sewerage lines could be seen on the roads where Masjid Al-Falah, Taleemi Bagh, Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation, Dastagir Post-Office and an apartment building, Irfan Corner, were situated.
Besides, a portion of major street linking Sharea Pakistan with Federal B’ Area’s Block 14, Rahimabad Market, which was dug up about a fortnight back for laying a 12-inch dia sewerage line has become a source of inconvenience for pedestrians and shoppers visiting the market.
Meanwhile, filthy water coming out from a 48-inch dia sewerage line, which sank in North Nazimabad’s Mujahid Colony about a week ago, continues to spread on the Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Hospital’s roundabout and on various streets of Mujahid Colony,.
LEAKAGES: Water coming out from a leaking valve of a pipeline in Surjani Town’s Sector 5-D One often remains stranded near Surjani Chowrangi, causing inconvenience to motorists.
A similar situation can be seen on a street of North Karachi’s Sector 5A/2.
SHORTAGE: Different parts of the city on Thursday remained in the grip of acute water shortage during Ramazan.
The hard-hit localities include Orangi Town’s Urdu Chowk, Nishan-i-Haider Chowk, Ali Nagar, Aziz Nagar, Benazir Colony, Ghausia Baloch Colony, etc.
Residents of the affected areas attributed the persisting water shortage to the wastage of water through a number of leaking pipelines of their locality.
Residents of the affected localities said that in the absence of piped water they had no choice but to buy private tankers at exorbitant rates or consume subsoil unhygienic water at the cost of their health.