Residents of Nusrat Bhutto Colony protest water shortage

Traffic at main Sakhi Hassan remained suspended for a few hours

KARACHI: Residents of Nusrat Bhutto Colony protested the water outage on Sunday as they gathered near the Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi causing disruption of traffic. The locals said that they were protesting as the water supply had been suspended since the last 10 days.

According to sources, the protesters blocked the main road near Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi, which blocked the traffic on all surrounding tracks. Long queues of vehicles started forming while the residents continued their protest and shouted slogans against water authorities. They also attempted to shut down the Sakhi Hassan pumping station.

The protesting residents said that they were facing extreme inconveniences due to the water outage for the last 10 days. They had no other choice but to buy water tankers which were extremely expensive, they said adding that they had complained to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) officials but to no avail. Hence, they resorted to protest.



Due to the blockage of the main road, the traffic flow from Nagan Chowrangi and Sohrab Goth was diverted towards Qalandaria Chowk. The police personnel and Rangers' officials reached the spot upon receiving the complaints about the protest and managed to diffuse the situation. The police officials negotiated with the protesters and were successfully able to end the protest. The traffic was restored shortly after.

Sharae Noor Jahan SHO Rao Zaheer said that the KWSB staff was repairing the water lines due to which the water supply in Nusrat Bhutto Colony was suspended. He said that they were trying to resolve the issue by talking to the authorities.