DADU: Most parts of Sehwan city and other parts of Dadu district have been without drinking water for 10 days and people are seen desperately travelling long distances all the day in search of water.

The worst-hit areas included the place where the shrine of great sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar stands. Hundreds of devotees and other visitors have to buy bottled drinking water from shops.

The other affected areas included Chatto Amirani, Kachi Abadi, Sakhi Zaher Sultan and Waka Mahal.

Many villages in Sehwan taluka are also facing an acute shortage of water.

Residents of Sehwan and other towns complained that the municipal officials concerned were not responding to their complaints about water shortage.

People of Bhan Syedabad also complained about water scarcity hitting the town for over a week.

It was gathered that electricity loadshedding and outages had hampered operation of pumping stations ultimately leading to short supply of water to many areas.

Due to the situation, supplies through tankers also stand disrupted as the operators could not find adequate water within the affected areas.

Published in Dawn, February 6th, 2023