Two sanitary workers fall in sewer, die
As authorities turn a blind eye, people in North Karachi try to fix sewerage lines on their own.
Two sanitary workers tragically lost their lives while cleaning a blocked sewage line near a residential apartment in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The incident occurred within the limits of Sharea Faisal Police Station. Volunteers from Sindh Emergency Rescue 1122 pulled out the bodies and transferred them to Jinnah Hospital for legal procedures.
According to the Union President of Zeeshan Apartment and Crescent View in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 13, multiple complaints were lodged on the KWSB helpline about the blockage since five days. After they received no response the residents hired private sweepers when sewage water started entering their homes.
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SHO Sharea Faisal Raja Tariq shared that one sweeper slipped into the sewer, and in the attempt to rescue his colleague, the second sweeper also fell, drowning both.
One of the sweepers has been identified as Sadiq, while the identity of the other remains unknown.
Faisal, a sub-engineer from the Water and Sewerage Board, clarified that the residential apartment union filed a complaint on Friday. However, due to the weekend, cleaning vehicles were unavailable until Monday. The union was assured a vehicle. When the situation aggravated the residents hired the sweepers on their own.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2024.