The Sindh High Court sought compliance reports in three days in a contempt-of-court application filed by residents of Jaffar Tayyar, Ammar Yasir, Shabana Town and other housing societies.
On Monday, the division bench, comprising justices Athar Saeed and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, heard the application.
Earlier, Syed Muhammad Iqbal Kazmi of the Human Rights Commission for South Asia told the court that in March 2010, a bench ordered that the respondent, Karachi Water and Sewage Board (KWSB) will provide water to the residents through tankers until the pipelines are laid.
The KWSB managing director gave orders that 150 tankers will provide water to these areas every day until the system is in place. From July 13, 2010, to July 25, 2010, the water board supplied between seven and 15 tankers every day.
However, it stopped after July 25, 2010, so the residents moved the contempt plea, which was heard on Monday. The petitioner said that court orders were being violated and around one million people were suffering as a result. The petitioner also gave a list of thousands of defaulters who have not paid their bills to the KWSB but are still receiving a supply.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2011.
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