Gulberg drainage, sewerage problem aggravates

It may be recalled that main sewer had already been laid down at MM Alam Road but it could not function, as neither it had been connected with all houses through small sewer pipes.
Wasa MD Javed Iqbal told The Nation that the agency was going to launch the Gulberg drainage scheme after getting it approved from the department concerned. He said Wasa was committed to improve its operations to provide early relief to the public. Wasa director (Engineering Wing) Hijaz Qureshi said the scheme would end the sewerage and drainage problem of the Gulberg. He said it had been submitted to P&D for approval.
It merits mentioning here that two types of sewerage lines have been laid in the City - the open drains and underground pipelines. Technically open drains were built for storm water while underground pipelines were laid down to dispose off sewerage water. Unplanned City growth and development of sewerage infrastructure by WASA at random (which was never done according to master plan of the city), have resulted in mixing up of the both. Whenever there was some problem in underground sewerage pipelines to dispose off wastewater, the department instead of addressing the issue made ad hoc arrangements and used open drains for wastewater by setting up a small disposal station.