KMC's bid to replace waterline leaves Karachi residents without water

'Model road' initiative turns into nuisance due to lack of strategy

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has started converting Rashid Minhas Road into a 'model road' without a proper strategy. disrupting water supply to several blocks of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

According to sources. KMC's Engineering Department has taken up the work of replacing a 24-inch water line from Nipa Chowrangi to Gulshan Chowrangi instead of the Karachi Water Corporation. During the work, an 8-inch line was damaged, prompting the Water Corporation to shut supply through the 24-inch main. As a result, water supply has been suspended in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Blocks 1, 2, 4, 5, 13-D and adjoining areas.

The project also forced the closure of the road from Nipa Chowrangi to Gulshan Chowrangi after work on the 2,200-ring feeder began. causing severe traffic problems for commuters.

They said water. sewerage line replacement is normally the Water Corporation's mandate, but KMC's Engineering Department is carrying it out as part of its model road plan.

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