Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation maintains salaries and pensions for more than 17 months
HYDERABAD:
The Mehran Workers Union of the Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation has threatened to suspend the city’s water supply and drainage system from the 20th of Ramadan if pending salaries and pensions are not released.
If this happens, it will be a great Eid with no morning rains for Eid prayers and overflowing sewers in the streets.
The union’s general secretary, Mujtaba Aslam Abbasi, along with other officials, said in a statement that employees have been deprived of salaries and pensions for 17 months. With Ramadan underway and Eid approaching, there are only 20 working days left before the festival, but neither the corporation management nor the mayor of Hyderabad have shown seriousness in solving the problem.
They recalled that Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, during a recent visit to Hyderabad, had assured the union leaders in the presence of the mayor that the matter would be resolved soon. However, no progress has been made so far.
Widows of deceased employees, deprived of their pensions for 17 months, continue to visit offices with their orphaned children seeking help, but return each time disappointed. The families of workers now face hunger and misery.
