{"id":62945,"date":"2025-01-19T12:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=62945"},"modified":"2025-01-19T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:16:01","slug":"kwsc-officials-accused-of-fabricating-water-crisis-in-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kwsc-officials-accused-of-fabricating-water-crisis-in-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"KWSC officials accused of fabricating water crisis in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Residents of Karachi area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 13 D-2 have been struggling with acute water scarcity<\/a> for years, with some neighborhoods facing a complete shutdown due to water shortages for even as long as two years.<\/p>\n

Reports<\/span>\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>received\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>officials of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (<\/span>KWSC<\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span>artificially<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>created\u00a0<\/span>a water crisis. <\/span>While\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>shortage has\u00a0 <\/span>prevailed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>two<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>years<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>certain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>places<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>them<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>facing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>problem since\u00a0<\/span>over a year.\u00a0<\/span>Their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>only<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>source of water is through underground which is not good for the health. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>compelled<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>purchase water tankers\u00a0<\/span>that come\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>excessive<\/span>\u00a0rates, which\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0become a\u00a0<\/span>great<\/span>\u00a0burden on\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>routine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of domestic activity<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Lousy policies of\u00a0<\/span>the Sindh government<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have resulted in no new\u00a0<\/span>projects<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>being<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aimed at supplying water<\/span>, and corrupt water board officials\u00a0<\/span>evading<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>accountability<\/span>\u00a0further\u00a0<\/span>spoil<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>things<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Residents of Block 13 D-2\u00a0<\/span>told<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span> Sindh High Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a>that Karachi\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>facing<\/span>\u00a0water shortage for\u00a0<\/span>the last\u00a0<\/span>16 years<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0patience\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>running<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

They have been\u00a0<\/span>reeling<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>under<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>acute\u00a0<\/span>water\u00a0<\/span>scarcity<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span>the last\u00a0<\/span>eight years<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0the water supply\u00a0<\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span>abruptly\u00a0<\/span>in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

After\u00a0<\/span>complaint, Assistant Executive Engineer Nabil Ahmed\u00a0<\/span>conducted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a visit to\u00a0<\/span>the pipeline and\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it was damaged due to\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0corrosion<\/span>\u00a0of iron<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

However,\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>locals<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>complained\u00a0<\/span>that Ahmed deliberately damaged functional pipelines to sell illegal connections.\u00a0<\/span>The matter\u00a0<\/span>was reported\u00a0<\/span>to senior officials<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>but<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nothing<\/span>\u00a0was\u00a0<\/span>done<\/span>\u00a0against Ahmed, and the issue remains unresolved.<\/p>\n

The residents\u00a0<\/span>accused<\/span>\u00a0Ahmed, who is\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>patronage<\/span>\u00a0of Executive Engineer Wasif Farooqui, of deliberately damaging pipelines to secure new tenders for pipeline installations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>happened<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>many<\/span>\u00a0times<\/span>\u00a0that with time<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>same<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pipeline<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>goes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>into<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nonfunctional shape, then starts taking\u00a0<\/span>bribes from residents for water connections. In 2017, a new pipeline was installed under\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0supervision<\/span>\u00a0of Ahmed<\/span>, but\u00a0<\/span>with time\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>too<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>went<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>order<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The residents are\u00a0<\/span>annoyed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>over<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>lack of action\u00a0<\/span>against\u00a0<\/span>corrupt\u00a0<\/span>officers<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>failure of the Sindh government to\u00a0<\/span>provide<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>relief to people regarding\u00a0<\/span>the water crisis.\u00a0<\/span>As<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>problem<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>persists<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>people might become retaliatory\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>issue<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of water<\/span>, and the\u00a0<\/span>locals<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>might<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>take<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>law<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>into their\u00a0<\/span>hands. <\/span><\/p>\n

The situation is\u00a0<\/span>grim<\/span>, and immediate attention is\u00a0<\/span>required<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>solve<\/span>\u00a0the water\u00a0<\/span>problem<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>prosecute<\/span> the corrupt officials <\/span>concerned<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Residents of Karachi area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 13 D-2 have been struggling with acute water scarcity for years, with some neighborhoods facing a complete shutdown due to water shortages for even as long as two years. Reports\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0received\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0officials of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC)\u00a0have\u00a0artificially\u00a0created\u00a0a water crisis. While\u00a0the\u00a0shortage has\u00a0 prevailed\u00a0for\u00a0two\u00a0years\u00a0at\u00a0certain\u00a0places,\u00a0most\u00a0of\u00a0them\u00a0are\u00a0facing\u00a0this\u00a0problem since\u00a0over a year.\u00a0Their\u00a0only\u00a0source of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":62946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24749,24746,376],"class_list":["post-62945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-karachi-water-and-sewerage-corporation-kwsc","tag-karachi-water-shortage","tag-sindh-high-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62947,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62945\/revisions\/62947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}