Heaps of rotting garbage, stinking offal and animal remains littering the city since Eidul Azha have exposed the performance of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board and its garbage disposal contracting firms, as the stench from garbage dumps has enveloped almost every part of the metropolis that is bound to spread diseases.
Karachi has worn an extremely filthy look with stinking environment since Eidul Azha, and the situation aggravated with a new spell of monsoon rains on Sunday when offal and animal remains were seen either floating in ponds and puddles or lying soaked in different localities as the SSWMB and its contractors failed to remove garbage and filth from the city to designated landfill sites.
The SSWMB, however, on Saturday, had claimed that it had removed a total of 92,535 tonnes of garbage, offal and animal remains, and transported them to the landfill sites during the first four days of the Eidul Azha. It said that 18,520 tonne garbage was removed from district East, 13,349 tonne from South, 8,303 tonne from Malir, 10,177 tonne from West, 11,163 tonne from Keamari, 13,304 tonne from Korangi and 17,717 tonne from district Central.
The SSWMB said that 36,602 tonne of garbage was transported to Jam Chakru, 28,403 tonne to Gond Pass and 20,585 tonne to Shrafi Goth in landfill sites.
Despite the official claims, loads of garbage and filth littered several areas in the downtown and old town in district South such as Kharadar, Mithadar, Ranchore Line and Burns Road leading to a great deal of inconvenience to people, especially elderly and women who had to toddle over the makeshift passages of blocks and stones in stagnant and stinking water.
