Citizens of Karachi protest water shortage, load shedding

Say areas that fall in the suburbs of Karachi are being neglected

KARACHI: Residents of areas located in the suburbs of Karachi staged a demonstration against water shortage and unannounced load shedding on Memon Goth Road on Sunday.

According to the protesters, water is not being supplied to numerous villages, including Old Thana, for the past 20 years, and unannounced load-shedding further adds to the residents' problems.

They claimed that they have time and again approached authority figures, including MNAs, MPAs and Karachi District Council Chairman Salman Abdullah Murad, and informed them of their problems but no action has been taken to resolve their issues.

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They said that areas that fall in the suburbs of Karachi are being neglected.

Residents of these areas crave for every drop of water and their routine life is disturbed because of load shedding, said the disgruntled protesters. They have demanded that the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah take notice of their problems and take immediate measures for their resolution. Otherwise, families residing in the affected areas will stage a sit-in on the National Highway, they said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 30^th, 2019.