The President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Faraz-ur-Rehman, has raised alarm over the escalating challenges faced by industrialists in the Korangi area, attributing their woes to the Water Board’s inefficiency and the influential tanker mafia. Furthermore, the inadequate management of sewage lines in the industrial sector has compounded the difficulties, leaving businesses in dire straits.Despite multiple assurances from the Water Board, industrialists find themselves without a reliable water supply, forcing them to resort to purchasing water from tankers at exorbitant prices.
Faraz-ur-Rehman accuses the Water Board of neglecting the industrial sector’s improvement, which has left the industrialists in Pakistan’s largest industrial area at the mercy of the unscrupulous tanker mafia, while sewage issues remain unresolved.Faraz-ur-Rehman emphasized that Korangi’s industrialists have been left to fend for themselves, whether dealing with sewerage issues, managing alternative energy sources during power shortages, or even undertaking road and highway maintenance, responsibilities that should have been shouldered by the administration.
The Water Board’s inefficiency has pushed industries to the brink of closure in Korangi, prompting industrialists to contemplate shifting their investments to other cities and countries.
