Child goes to fetch a pail of water, drowns

KARACHI:

In a tragic incident at a village on the outskirts, an eight-year-old girl drowned in the conduit of Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation while trying to fill a bucket.

Her body was recovered on Tuesday, two days after she failed to return from the errand her mother had sent her on.

Apparently, the current of the water was so strong in the channel that it pulled the child down when she lowered the pail.

When Taj Muhammad’s wife realised that her daughter, Sonia, has taken too long to come back home she alerted her husband.

Taj his family and friends searched for the child but there was no trace. Fearing the worst, they finally filed a missing report at the local police station.

On Tuesday Taj and his wife got the devastating news that their child had drowned in the water channel.

Police called Edhi Welfare Organisation to retrieve the child’s body. However, the Edhi divers found it difficult to swim in the fast flowing water. Eventually, KWSC officials were contacted and the whole situation was explained on which they closed the water supply. Once the water pressure reduced the divers went in and fished out Sonia’s body.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2024.