A toddler died after falling into an open manhole in Karachi’s Malir district on Monday, witnesses and rescuers said.
The tragic incident took place at Memon Goth where the two-and-a-half year boy slipped into a sewer.
According to his father Abdur Rehman, the deceased child was his only son.
Meanwhile, a relative of the affected family said that the father and son were visiting the area to attend a function when they were met with the tragedy. He said that the manhole was without a lid for the last 15 to 20 days.
He said that the locals had complained about it to the relevant union council but the US staffers told them that they did not have a lid to cover the manhole.
Karachi’s Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad met Rehman and offered his condolences to him. He assured Rehman of taking strict action against the officials responsible for the negligence.Â
In a similar incident that occurred last month in Karachi, a woman and her rescuer suffocated to death in an open manhole in the Orangi Town neighbourhood. The deaths occurred after the woman fell down the manhole and a man jumped after her to rescue her.
