Dec 17th

A Hydrant on Dalmia Road, National Cricket Stadium Karachi

We the residents of the locality would like to bring this in the notice of the concerned authorities that the Tanker mafia is once again eyeing Dalmia Road. Newly opened hydrant at Dalmia Road, adjacent to Bahria University becomes nuisance and daily hundreds of tankers parked on road to disrupt the traffic flow. 

 

After KWSB’s effective operation against illegal hydrants within the city limits, the tanker mafia finally succeeded at opening a hydrant at Bahria University on Dalmia Road, causing a serious threat to the Road. The city government has invested millions of Tax payers’ money on the construction of Dalmia Road from National Stadium to Askari-4 apartments, widening the road and installing a central island with rows of saplings along it.

 

Some corrupt officials of KWSB and the local administration have deliberately destroyed the efforts of the city government and Nazim Mustafa Kamal. They have opened a hydrant almost in violation of all norms, rules and regulations.

 

KWSB staffs deputed on the water trunk mains are cooperating with the hydrant operators to cater to water deficiency in parts of the area by private tanker services. Over 300 tankers supply thousands of gallons of water daily to the surrounding areas and occupy a kilometer-long lane to park their vehicles.Most of the tankers leak water on the rod and are creating puddles of water on the road, which will destroy the road and neither the town officials nor the city government officers are taking any action to intervene.

 

By law, it is the responsibility of KWSB officials who are managing the operation of Bulk water supply to stop the tankers from parking on the road as well as repair the leaky valves of tankers that will eventually damage the road and draw water from KWSB lines without any check. It may also be mentioned that the KWSB has closed the many hydrants on the directives of Sindh High Court as it was creating an inconvenience for the area residents and the movement of heavy vehicles was damaging the road.

 

This Hydrant has also become a nuisance for traffic as the entire area has been converted into a parking lot for hundreds of water tankers. This hydrant was opened by the Cantt. Administration in collaboration with the KWSB staff about few months ago to overcome water scarcity in some areas, but has now become an inconvenience for Bahria University visitors and is disrupting traffic flow on Dalmia Road as well.

 

The city government, KWSB should close down this hydrant to save the recently Dalmia road as the tankers are creating craters on it. The Sindh High court is requested to take Suo Moto action in this regard to immediately close down this hydrant  to avoid any untoward incident immediately.

 

Residents of the area.



This syndicated post originally appeared at on 17 December 2010