At least five people, including women and children, fell into an open drain in Karachi’s Korangi district on Sunday, according to rescue officials.
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The incident took place in Mehran Town when the victims were returning from an event and accidentally slipped into an uncovered drain. Emergency services were alerted shortly after the incident and rescue teams rushed to the site.
All five individuals were pulled out of the drain. Rescue officials said three of the victims were found unconscious and were shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, while the others sustained minor injuries.
The incident highlights the ongoing danger posed by uncovered drains and manholes across the city. Last year, open manholes claimed the lives of more than two dozen people in Karachi, most of them children, as authorities failed to ensure proper coverage across the metropolis.
In a similar incident last month, the body of a three-year-old boy who fell into an open manhole near the Nipa flyover in Gulshan-e-Iqbal was recovered after 14 hours. The child had slipped into the uncovered manhole late at night near a departmental store, and his body was later found in a drain nearly one kilometre away.
Amid growing criticism over rising fatalities linked to open manholes, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab has urged that the issue not be politicised. He said that if a gutter cover is removed and placed aside by individuals, it should not be turned into a political matter.
