Staff Reporter
Residents of Clifton and adjacent areas have been overwhelmed by a bulk supply of water to their households, which has started overflowing onto roads. Karachiites usually face a shortage of water in majority of areas, but the situation has turned the other way around in the posh Clifton area and nearby localities. In general, water is supplied to every area in the city on alternate days. But residents of Clifton and adjacent neighbourhoods have been getting it continuously since the last two days. This has resulted in overflow of water from tanks. Asghar Qureshi, the Karachi Water & Sewerage Board executive engineer and in-charge of water supply to the Clifton area, told media that the “valve repairing” work on the 33-inch diameter trunk main line was under way. The line stretches from Shahrae Faisal to as far as Keamari. Clifton, Hijrat Colony, Civil Lines and adjacent areas are supplied water from the same line. Qureshi said the valve of the line needed repairing..
