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The CEO of Karachi Water Board (KWB) has submitted a letter to Inspector General (IG) Sindh requesting that the tanker mafia cease selling filthy water in the metropolis. Syed Salahuddin Ahmed, CEO of KWB, stated that the tanker mafia is selling hazardous water gathered from Sakran, Thatta, and Gharo. He said that the water tanker gang sells contaminated water obtained from Karachi’s outskirts.
He stated that lower areas such as Keimari, Korangi, and District South are deprived of water owing to pipeline punctures and water theft in the upper districts. He noted that there are no bypass pipelines to give water to the southern areas.
The CEO of KWB stated that the actual number of unlawful hydrants functioning in their territories is unclear to them; nonetheless, he requested locals to identify any such water hydrants working in their locations so that they can take action against them.
Salahuddin went on to say that the KWB has constituted a committee to detect unlawful links and submit a report every 10 days. He stressed that action against such mafias should be uniform, with no preference for politically connected tanker owners.
