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Express Tribune
08-05-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
HWSC workers yet to get salaries
The CEO of Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HWSC) Tufail Ahmed Abro has assured the corporation's staff that their salaries and pensions not paid for several months will be paid before Eidul Azha. According to a statement issued by the Mehran Workers Union, a delegation of the union led by General Secretary Aslam Abbassi held a meeting with the CEO to discuss the issue. The delegation informed the CEO that salaries of 10 to 12 months had not been paid to the workers.
Express Tribune
07-03-2025
- General
- Express Tribune
Sanitation workers block sewage flow in protest
Gutters overflow and flood several areas of the city as sanitation workers take to the streets, demanding unpaid salaries. PHOTO: express The Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HWSC) staff temporarily shut down a major sewerage pumping station in protest against the non-payment of their salaries and pensions. The employees, who have not been paid for the past year, halted operations at the Tulsi Das Disposal Pumping Station for four hours. The closure of the station led to sewage water accumulating on several major roads, including Gari Khata, Naya Pul Chowk, Qazi Qayyum Road, and Station Road, affecting traffic flow and causing inconvenience to residents. During the protest, the employees staged a sit-in at the pumping station and shouted slogans. Employees Union leaders, including Chairman Ejaz Hussain, General Secretary Abdul Qayyum Bhatti, and President Athar Khan Chang, addressed the protest and highlighted the financial struggles faced by HWSC staff. They said that employees have been deprived of their salaries due to the failure of both the corporation's administration and the Sindh government to fulfill their financial obligations. The union leaders said that the provincial government has not released Rs80 million per month for water and sewerage services, while the corporation continues to collect Rs70 million in local revenue each month. Despite this, the administration has failed to pay employees' salaries, pensions, and other dues, prompting the workers to resort to extreme measures. The union leaders warned that if their demands for immediate payment are not met, they will intensify their protest, bringing the entire water supply and sewerage system in the city to a standstill.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hawaii's first Water Safety Plan addresses keiki drowning prevention
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Drowning is the number one cause of death for Hawaii keiki ages one to 15 and now, the state of Hawaii is taking steps toward first Hawaii Water Safety Plan, 'I Palekana Kākou Ka Wai: Let Us Be Safe in the Water,' was released by the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition. HWSC introduced the measure to call on stakeholders to help identify the state's most urgent drowning prevention recommendations. Death by negligence? Family sues after teen swimmer's tragedy 'Drownings are preventable with constant adult supervision in and around the water, including at home. Our goal is to protect children from drowning in Hawai'i,' said Dr. Pat Morgan, Child Death Review in Hawaii member and Kapiolani Child Advocacy and Protection medical director. The Water Safety Plan outlined the following drowning statistics: Hawaii resident drowning rate is the second highest in the nation behind Alaska Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are about 27 percent of Hawaii's population yet to make up 36 percent of resident drowning deaths Less than two percent of Hawaii second graders have basic skills to avoid or recover from drowning Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death for Hawaii visitors Several measures are being introduced during the 2025 legislative session including requiring swim education at public schools and better regulation around ponds. 'It seems to us that it's a common sensical desire to put this in DOE's curriculum but that comes at an expense. DOE is set up to educate our kids, prepare them for potentially a life in college, and swimming some might say is not part of their mission,' said Glenn Wakai, Senate majority floor leader. Hawaii Safety Plan's lead writer Allison Schaefers is also a bereaved parent after her daughter drowned in 2004 in a detention pond. Check out more news from around Hawaii 'What inspired me to keep going was her. I kept thinking if a five-year-old can be a hero, that we could all be heroes,' Schaefer said. 'I do not want any of Hawaii's children to ever go through that again and so that's my inspiration.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
