First flood, now Expressway: Miseries of residents of Malir's Samoo Goth
National February 8, 2021 KARACHI: First it was the flooding of the Malir River caused by the rains and now it’s the construction of the Malir Expressway — there seems to be no end to the miseries of the poor residents of Samoo Goth. Though unprecedented rains and urban flooding in August last year brought life to a grinding halt everywhere in Karachi, Samoo Goth, a village situated near the Malir River, was among the most affected localities of the city. Heavy rain caused the Malir River bund (embankment) to break, resulting in Samoo Goth being flooded with four to five feet of water, a...