Five people, including a woman and children, fell into an open drain in Karachi’s Korangi area on Sunday, officials said. All five were pulled from the sewers and three of them were rescued in an unconscious state and transferred to hospital.
According to rescue authorities, the incident took place in Mehran town, Korangi, as the group was returning from an activity when they fell into an uncovered sewer pipe.
Rescue officials said efforts began shortly after receiving reports of the incident. They added that the cover of the drainage canal was broken in one place and the victims fell through the damaged section.
In another incident on December 30, eight-year-old Dilbar Ali died after falling into a drain in Mehran town, Sector 6-G of Korangi Industrial Area.
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According to police and residents, the incident took place around 5 p.m., while children were playing on the street, when Dilbar fell into a manhole discovered near his house. Residents rushed to the scene after other children raised the alarm and managed to get him out, but he had already died.
Similar incidents have been reported in recent months. On November 30, three-year-old Ibrahim fell into a manhole near Nipa Chowrangi and was recovered after a 15-hour search by rescue teams of the Karachi Municipal Corporation near Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology the next day.
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Police and witnesses said Nabeel’s son Ibrahim slipped into the manhole outside a department store around 11 p.m. after briefly outpacing his family as they shopped.
The incident sparked protests in Nipa Chowrangi, where residents blocked the road and burned tires, disrupting traffic towards Hassan Square. Some protesters damaged media vehicles and attempted to stop commuters, after which police diverted traffic to alternative routes.
