Traffic resumes: 50% work on broken part of Shaheed-e-Millat Road completed

The damaged sewerage line has been replaced with a new one

KARACHI: The huge pothole that developed on Shaheed-e-Millat Road on Friday is under the process of repair, with more than 50 per cent of the work having been completed.



According to the spokesperson of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), Nazir Mateen, half of the work has been completed, the new pipeline has replaced the broken line and the only work left is the construction of a manhole, which will be completed by Monday.

“We have changed the 40-year-old pipelines with the newer one,” said Mateen. “A total of six pipelines replaced the damaged lines. We are also checking if a similar problem persists in the sewerage lines in the other track of the road. Otherwise it will only take 24 hours for the construction of the manhole.”The traffic situation also seemed normal, said East traffic SP Qamar Rizvi while talking to The Express Tribune. “We have maintained the flow of traffic and there is no such problem for us,” he said. He added that the traffic police are working in coordination with the officials of the water board as the repair work is also going on at the spot.



The repair work on one the broken part of the road started on Friday at 9pm, which was halted at around noon.

East district superintendent engineer Wajid Siddiqui said that they will resume the remaining repair work by 10pm on Saturday, once the flow of traffic reduces.



He added that there is no hurdle in the completion of the work but for safety reasons, they have decided to check and replace the sewerage lines on the other tracks.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2016.