‘Mafia behind water shortage in Defence’
For the past few weeks, phases V and VI of Defence have been facing an acute water shortage, a CBC official has said. Because of lack of water and a huge demand in these areas, residents are forced to call in a private tanker, which deliver water at the doorstep for Rs500 or 1,000 per trip. Recently, a five-day strike by the Karachi Water Tankers Welfare Association hit the area hard as the absence of tankers kept thousands of residents bereft of basic water for days. Cantonment Board Clifton member Aziz Suhrawardy has said that there is an acute problem in the area. He is of the view that the practice of taking help from “illegal water tankers” is not appropriate, but the job of the water board is to provide that service to people, which it is not. Specifically speaking about the Defence and Clifton areas, Suhrawardy says: “Collusion between power elements and corrupt staff in the water board [are] making millions of rupees and handing it over to tanker mafia...