"No individual rain drop ever considers itself
responsible for the flood."
John Ruskin
Last days were not less
than any horrible nightmare in Karachi. Despite the Mat office forecast and disaster-avert
arrangements there was havoc in Karachi when the megacity received 130
millimeter rainfall that resulted into infrastructural detriment in billions of
Rupees and loss of 23 human lives.
Just have a look who
are the main culprits of that disaster
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
The KMC had performed
cleaning drive of city' storm water drains in June-July on emergency basis and
Minster of Local Bodies claimed that the Sindh Govt provided Rs. 50 Crore for
that but the exercise remained futile as
the municipal authorities taking out the debris and trash from Nullahs or
drains the staff of KMC left the debris along the bank and never transported it
away from drains. The result after some days the debris mixed again in the
drains. The Nehr Khayyam and Gujar Nallahas are proof in this regard. That's
why when Layari Naddi filled (where already construction work is underway by the
FWO), the Gujjar Nallah overfilled and drowned almost all the areas of F B Area
and North Nazimabad, besides unfortunate death of two persons by drowning.
Sindh Solid Waste
Management Board
From the very first day
of its formation the much-criticised Board has poorly failed to collect garbage
from various localities. Reportedly the Board assigned some dubious foreign firms
to collect garbage from two District South and Malir, but residents of the area
are witnessed the collection was improper. All the efforts of the Board was so
far limited to imports of thousands of dustbins, vehicles and distribution of
dustbins in districts.
K Electric
The biggest culprit of
the entire saga. Out of total 23 deaths on September 31, 17 happened due to
electrocution across the city. The KE itself admits in official handout that
201 incidents of 201 broken cables were reported and 133 feeders tripped in
various areas. It also claims that they received more than 20,000 complains in
that day, which is strange because many people shared on social media that the
landline of KE was not responding.
Ministry of Local
Government, Sindh
The two main arteries
of the city Shahra e Faisal and University was widened and revamped with a
spending spree of billions of rupees under Karachi Development Package just a month
ago, yet the traffic jam has remained a nuisance.
But that rainy day the commutation was almost impossible on these main roads
and reportedly motorists spent 4 to 6 hours being stuck on University Road and
Shahra e Faisal. While the next important commutation artery the road from Nazimbad-
to New Karachi was unable for any kind of transport being completely drowned
under water, because of incomplete constructional excavation of Green Line Bus
Transport Project.
Karachi Building & Control
Authority
Two persons were died because
of collapse of roof and walls of decrepit building collapsed when thunder storm
knocked Karachi. The Authority cannot be
skipped from the responsibility of these deaths because its staff kept their
eyes deliberately when such kind of irregular building structures were being
constructed. And, this practice and these structures are rampant in the city.
National Disaster
Management Authority
The Authority has grand
responsibility to act for restoration, relief and rehabilitation in crisis
ridden situation. But sadly the only work it performed was a single SMS alert
in which it just advised citizens to do "precautionary measures for next
few days" by themselves. What measures and how; might be the Authority
don't know itself.
Now readers decide which institution is most responsible for tragedy or who is the biggest culprit.
By
Infocus, Editorial
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