KARACHI, July 8: The residents of Fida Hussain Sheikha Road, Daryabad and Nawabad areas of Lyari are infected with water-borne diseases as they have to consume water contaminated by overflowing sewerage drains.

Since no cleaning has been undertaken of a main sewerage drain, it continues to overflow submerging the entire area from Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Road to Kumaila Stop and Hamza Mosque with sewage.

Water supply lines are obsolete due to which sewage gets mixed with water causing several diseases among the residents.

Young Lyari Welfare Centre President Abdul Majeed Memon said that Lyariites always faced problems like water shortage, electricity outage, sewerage, health, sanitation, dilapidated roads, education and unemployment etc.

He said that owing to ill planning the sewerage system had failed. Even the cleaning of drains was not being carried out that caused choking of old lines and amassment of filthy water on streets.

According to him, not only the department concerned has been informed about it but town office and councillors also know the whole situation but this serious problem still remains neglected.

The welfare centre appealed to Sindh Chief Minster Arbab Rahim, Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, Town Nazim Malik Muhammad Fayyaz, water board and media to get this problem solved.

Earlier on Friday the residents of Shah Abdul Latif Road, Lyari took to streets and staged a protest demonstration against apathy of Lyari Town administration and demanded dismissal of the town and UC-6 nazims.

Holding placards and banners, the protesters raised slogans against the town administration for its failure in solving sewerage problems of the locality. They also set ablaze tyres and blocked road during the protest.

The residents said they had been facing hardship for two months due to the worst condition of sewerage lines in their locality and in this regard had lodged several complaints with the town nazim office.

They said the town and UC nazims assured them of solving the problem within five days but even after a lapse one and a half months the situation remained unchanged.

According to the protesting residents, sewage accumulated on streets, in front of mosques and shops had paralysed their routine life and caused outbreak of malaria and other diseases.

They urged the governor, chief minister and city nazim to look into the matter and immediately dismiss the town and UC-6 nazims.

GULSHAN: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Wasay Jalil on Saturday directed officials concerned to expedite pace of work on laying 24-inch-dia sewerage line in UC-6 and complete it by July 23.

During his visit to the site, the town nazim asked the officials concerned to carry out work day and night to achieve the target. The line is being laid in Gulshan-i-Iqbal’s Blocks 8, 9 and 19.

He also inspected repair and cleaning work of nullah near Al-Mustafa Welfare Hospital.

During his visit to UC-9, he directed officials to forthwith restart the construction of road in Block-3 which was pending due to laying of sewerage line. He also issued instructions for removal of encroachments around Gulshan Masjid in UC-9 and immediate cleaning of drain near the mosque.

He inspected the development of ST-7 Park in the locality and asked for accelerating the pace of work for installation of park lights.

Town Naib Nazim Shoaib Akhtar, DTO (B&R) Mubin Siddiqui and DTO Sewerage Ram Chand accompanied the town nazim.

SITE TOWN: Following the directives of SITE Town Nazim Izharuddin Ahmed Khan, the town administration in a daylong anti-stray dogs drive killed 165 dogs.

The town nazim directed the sanitation department to continue the drive till elimination of stray dogs.—PPI