Repair of broken sewage line at Karachi's Shaheen Chowk faces delay.

The Karachi administration failed to repair a sewer line at Karachi's Shaheen Complex Chowk - the busiest business area on II Chundrigar Road - that collapsed three days ago, Geo News reported Monday.

According to Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab, the repair work began immediately and continued nonstop the next day.

However, citizens found that the workers have been lagging to fix the sewage line. Due to the repair work, traffic flow has been suspended from five main highways at this central location of the city.

The 66-inch diameter sewage line collapsed around 10 to 12 feet deep on Saturday afternoon, which led to overflowing gutters...

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