The recent flood stream, triggered by the second spell of monsoon rain this year, that surged through Karachi has subsided, but it has once again placed the future of Saadi Town and Saadi Garden — two of Scheme 33’s largest housing projects — under intense scrutiny. Drainage operations continue across more than 10,000 plots housing more than 40,000 people, where streets and properties remain waterlogged.

The flooding was triggered by overflow from Thaddo Dam in Gadap, which crossed the M9 Motorway and entered Scheme 33. The stream traveled through Shamim Villas, Gulshan-e-Usman, Block 7, and Saadi Garden before inundating Saadi Town and eventually dispersing into nearby seasonal drains.

Kausar Jehan, a resident of Saadi Town, says that after her husband’s death, she used her savings to b

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