KARACHI, Dec 1: The town municipal administration of Lyari, perturbed over the lingering issue of water shortage, has severely criticised the performance of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) and termed it disappointing.
In a letter to City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, the town nazim, Malik Mohammad Fayyaz, complained that the KWSB had totally neglected the area by not addressing public grievances. He said that the water utility had completely failed to manage a proper water supply to the affected areas of the town.
Referring to the much publicised K-3 scheme aimed at supplying an additional 6mgd of water to the town, the nazim said this mega project had been apparently mishandled by the KWSB engineers, adding that neither was any meter reading being maintained nor had the water availability improved after the launching of the project.
He also pointed out that a 33-inch-dia waterline had been ruptured thus greatly affecting water flow. On the other side, he said that all the pumping stations stood completely inoperative due to the lethargic attitude of the relevant engineers as they did not take appropriate measures on time to run affairs smoothly.
Moreover, he said that the work on laying new water-lines on Mehrab Khan Essa Khan Road had also been abandoned.
The town nazim also deplored the indifferent attitude of the KWSB authorities. The letter to the city nazim reads:
“The KWSB authorities have not only set aside my repeated requests (verbal, telephonic and written) but seem to have also managed to neglect your directives to solve the water and sewerage problems in Lyari Town”.
“I have a bunch of letters that have been written to the KWSB authorities inviting their attention towards the prevailing water supply position”.
Residents of all those housing projects of Scheme-33, Gulistan-i-Jauhar and its different blocks falling under the jurisdiction of the cantonment board which have either been facing acute water shortages or are still deprived of the basic necessity of life will be provided with new water connections and the connection charges will be recovered in six installments.
A decision to this effect was taken by the KWSB on the directives of the city nazim, following his meeting with a delegation of Scheme-33, Gulistan-i-Jauhar that called on him to inform him about the persisting water shortage.