Overview
- Emergency teams rescued five people from an open drain in Korangi and moved three unconscious victims to a nearby hospital.
- Officials said the group fell through a broken section of a drainage cover in Mehran Town while returning from a function.
- Rescue personnel responded soon after receiving information and pulled all five victims from the drainage channel.
- The incident follows the December 30 death of eight-year-old Dilbar Ali after falling into an uncovered manhole in the same area.
- Local reporting notes that open manholes claimed over two dozen lives in Karachi last year, and the city’s mayor has urged the issue not be viewed through a political lens.