For more than a month now, the Ubauro taluka of Ghotki district in Sindh has been submerged in administrative apathy. Roads across the town have deteriorated to the point of virtual collapse, while sewage-laden water from overflowing drains has inundated residential and commercial areas alike. What should have been addressed as an emergency has instead been allowed to fester, exposing a grave failure of local governance.
Despite the passage of weeks, the Town Committee of Ubauro has neither offered a sustainable solution nor demonstrated any urgency. Continuous media coverage has highlighted the worsening conditions, yet the city administration has responded with silence. The most critical routes — linking the police station, Mukhtarkar office, Assistant Commissioner’s office, schools and major bus stops — have remained flooded, rendering essential public spaces inaccessible and unsafe.
The consequences are borne by ordinary citizens. Schoolchildren are forced to walk daily through stagnant, filthy water, risking their health and dignity. Traders and small business owners face declining footfall and financial losses as movement across the city becomes increasingly difficult. These hardships are compounded by a bitter reality: no meaningful development work has been undertaken in Ubauro for nearly two decades.
Repeated promises and verbal directives have failed to produce action, leaving the public disillusioned and resentful. Governance cannot be reduced to announcements and paperwork while citizens live amid sewage and decay. The situation in Ubauro demands immediate intervention, accountability and a long-term infrastructure plan.
The question that must now be asked is stark and unavoidable: how long will the people of Ubauro be expected to endure this sustained injustice? We strongly urge the municipal administration to fulfil its responsibilities by immediately launching a comprehensive cleaning operation and repairing the deteriorated drainage and sewerage infrastructure to restore safety and normalcy in the city.
Mohsin Larik
Ubauro
