From February to April this year, the health department of Sindh province collected more than 50 water samples from different districts of the city for testing at the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) laboratory.
The electricity supplying company in Pakistan, K-Electric issued a stern warning to cut off electricity to the departments of the Sindh government over remaining dues amounting to billions of rupees, reported ARY News, citing sources.
While allegations of a severe water shortage continued to come in from practically every area in the city, insiders with the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board claimed that the infrastructure's age--parts of which have been in use for more than 40 years--made it impossible to address the issue