KARACHI: An eight-year-old baby died on Monday after he fell into an uncovered manhole whereas enjoying exterior his home in Karachi’s Korangi space, stated police.
Earlier this month, the physique of a three-year-old boy, Ibrahim, who fell into an open manhole in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal was recovered on December 1, greater than 12 hours after the incident was first reported.
Following the tragedy, many political events held protests in opposition to the provincial administration and demanded that the Karachi mayor resign, whereas pleas had been additionally filed in courts demanding motion in opposition to metropolis officers.
The incident additionally prompted the Karachi Metropolitan Company (KMC) to extend the funds of 246 union committees (UCs) to solely preserve manhole covers and streetlights.
The most recent sufferer, recognized as Dilbar, was enjoying exterior his residence with different space youngsters when the tragedy occurred, Korangi Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Fida Husain Janwari informed. Daybreak.
The kid’s family rushed to the spot, however had been unable to save lots of him. By the point the physique was recovered, the kid had died. SSP Janwari, together with different officers, later visited the spot the place the accident occurred and met the bereaved household.
The physique was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Heart for authorized formalities.
In response to information launched by the Edhi Basis, 27 individuals died in Karachi in 2025 after falling into open manholes and nullahs.
In Karachi, tasks for drains, roads, footpaths, sewerage, water provide and public security are divided among the many KMC, 25 city municipal firms, round 250 union committees, the KDA, the water and sewerage company, cantonment boards, the Sindh authorities and personal utilities.
The town is run by a patchwork of authorities that not often coordinate, and sometimes contradict one another.
