The city, which had had a municipal corporation until recently, has now been reduced to the level of a taluka municipal administration after the introduction of the local government. At present it is being administered by the district council. The people from the interior of Sindh, as well as from Punjab and Balochistan, living in the bordering areas adjacent to Sindh, benefit from these facilities. The problem is multiplied in the absence of a drainage system. Due to a flawed pumping station, the sewage is not drained out properly.
Gutters overflow, flooding roads and streets.
Hence the spread of various diseases. We are primarily concerned with the pathological waste components. This biological waste is hazardous due to the contamination with pathogens. Tubercular lungs are particularly harmful because of the potential for air-borne release of the pathogens. The organism mycobacterium tuberculosis has been found specially prevalent in these precarious wastes as they contain the bacteria of the pastentrella, brucella and psittacosis groups, as well as of certain viruses.