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http://tns.thenews.com.pk/water-crisis-strikes/#.XQ71ardN0QY
Water crisis strikes again
May and June 2019 saw a rise in protests by Karachi citizens who demanded a decent water supply to their neighbourhoods. Roads were blocked in many localities including PIB Colony and Lyari where the residents braved the heat and raised voices for restoring proper water supply to their households.
Acute shortage at the bulk supply level, increase in water thefts and leakages, institutional challenges faced by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), financial handicaps experienced by the water utility, exponential rise in the operations of water tankers (especially during peak summers), run down and aging piping network, lack of a comprehensive maintenance and network rehabilitation plan for older neighbourhoods, and the inability of the water utility to attend fresh water connection needs in suburbs and elsewhere are some core mentions.
About half of Karachi’s population resides in densly populated suburban settlements that include Orangi, Baldia, Qasba, Korangi and Landhi. Water supply situation at the retail level is one of the worst in these localities. People purchase expensive water through tankers after suppressing other essential priorities in spending. Thus the possibility of graduating out of the poverty spiral further diminishes.
Despite repeated identifications done by researchers and media reports, the water quality remains below the desired level. A sampling examination conducted to test water quality from different city locations
revealed that 97 percent samples were unfit for drinking.
Water supply lines at the bulk and neighbourhood level must be examined for their performance efficiency.
Many of them have outlived their utility while others have been rendered defected due to organised thefts or gradual wear and tear.
Some excerpts from the write up..
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