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Karachi: In Shahr Quaid Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad’s constituency, another mother was killed by an open drain.
Muskan, the two-year-old daughter of a citizen named Wazir, who works as a laborer in the vegetable market in Memongoth Malir, was busy playing with other children when she suddenly woke up in an open drain.
Maskan was pulled out by the local residents with their help after one and a half hours and taken to the hospital, where it was found that the innocent two-year-old girl had passed away.
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The Vice Chairman of the area, Saleem Memon, while admitting his negligence, said that the residents of the area had been complaining for the last few days about the absence of a manhole for the sewer. Will try to provide more facilities to people in the future.
It should be remembered that 2-year-old Abdul Rehman also died after falling into an open manhole in the constituency of Deputy Mayor Karachi Salman Abdullah on August 14 this year. This is the fourth incident of a child’s death due to falling into the sewer this year in the city of Quaid.
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On the other hand, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab regretted the incident and said that the sewer covers are stolen and sold by drug addicts, but why the police does not catch those who buy the covers?
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