Lyari residents protest against KE, KWSB

Scores of people had gathered at the protest where they highlighted the callous attitude of the KWSB and KE officials

KARACHI:

With patience running out at continued power outages and the unavailability of water, residents of Lyari and Machar Colony staged a demonstration against K-Electric (KE) and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on the Mauripur and Mirza Adam Khan Roads on Sunday.

Blocking the roads and halting traffic, the protesters announced that they would be demonstrating outside the offices of KE and KWSB from today (Monday).

Scores of people, including women and children, had gathered at the protest where they highlighted the callous attitude of the KWSB and KE officials. They claimed that despite receiving the citizens' complaints, the utility providers had done nothing to resolve their issues.

The protesters stated that they received electricity for only two to three hours each day, during which time they could not fill their water tanks and consequently did not even have enough water to perform ablution.

This, coupled with the heat and the lockdown confining them to their houses, meant that they had to face a multitude of inconveniences, added some of the women present.

The police later dispersed the protesters by assuring them that power would be restored in their neighbourhoods within a few hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 13^th, 2020.