Monsoon and DHA.

Byline: Dr Aisha Khan Jadoon - Karachi

IN the midst of the rainfall season, it is traumatising to witness trenches being dug up on roads literally almost everywhere in Defence Housing Authority.

I stopped my car and asked the crew why they were digging up the road. I was totally unprepared for the answer: the DHA had initiated the work for underground wire embedding! The question that immediately arose in my mind: was this the best time to engage in this activity?

One fails to understand the purpose of wasting scant funds and getting labour to dig roads to lay underground wiring when the priority for DHA should be...