Several residents were upset with what had happened in their quiet neighbourhood. STOCK IMAGE
Usman will never forget what he saw on Sunday afternoon. He saw a man run out of a factory shouting, screaming for help.
“Help me, the man shouted,” said Usman. “He wanted someone to help him as there had been an incident at the factory. A few of his co-workers had fallen in a tank full of chemicals.” He added that he had been living in Korangi’s Darussalam Cooperative Housing Society for over a decade and had no idea there was a factory in the area till the incident took place.
The bodies of at least six men were found from inside an underground chemical tank at a pickle factory in Korangi Industrial Area on Sunday.
Several residents were upset with what had happened in their quiet neighbourhood. Ahteshamullah Khan said that it was ridiculous that a factory was running unchecked in a residential area. “The factory owner is among the dead,” he said. “Who will be held accountable for the lives lost?”
The deputy general secretary of the National Trade Union Federation said that there were several factories not registered with government institutions. He claimed that around 90 per cent of the factories were operating illegally in Karachi alone.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 13th, 2015.
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