Water supply from the Dhabeji Pumping Station begins as repair work of the 84-inch water line on the University Road completed after it burst last month, said a spokesperson of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KW&SC) on Monday.
The repair work on the pipeline had begun on December 3 after the line burst on November 29 during the ongoing work of the Red Line project.
The waterline damage caused a loss of thousands of gallons of water, hence the water supply company had to shut down several Dhabeji water pumps due to the repair work.
Due to the closure of the Dhabeji Pumping Station, watersupply in various areas of the Metropolitan city was entirely cut off including Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Mosmiyat, Safoora, a number of block of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Bahadurabad, Tariq Road, Jamshed Road, New MA Jinnah Road, Ramaswamy, Ranchor Lane, Garden, Lyari, Saddar and Lines Area.
The KWSC had requested residents of the above mentioned areas to use water frugally as the repair work was expected to result in the loss of 150 million gallons of water per day.
A spokesperson of the watercorporation on Sunday said that the repair of the 84-inch main waterline on University Road was nearing completion and work was expected to complete within the next 14 hours.
The spokesperson stated that the repair work continued uninterrupted for 24 hours a day under the supervision of Chief Engineer WTM Zafar Palijo.
A team of over 300 labourers, working in three shifts, along with Superintendent Engineers Tanveer Sheikh, Abdul Aziz and Muhammad Siddique Tanyu participated in the effort. Heavy machinery was also deployed at the site to facilitate the process.
The spokesperson explained that one significant cause of the delay was the extensive de-silting of the pipeline. During road construction, drilling machines used to build large pillars punctured the water line in two places, creating 16-foot-long holes.
To prevent waterpressure from leaking, debris, stones, and concrete were stuffed into these holes, resulting in 96 feet of accumulated concrete across six pipe sections.