Millions of people in Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city, have to buy water supplied through commercial tankers every day. The business is run by the so-called "tanker mafias." What is the government doing to stop them?
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00:00How do you get water from the tankers?
00:05Where do they get the water from?
00:07This means that the water is being stolen.
00:09These people are so influential that the government is not able to control them.
00:31We purchase drinking water as well as used water.
00:36We spend more than half of our money on water.
00:40There are 4,500 tankers in front of you.
00:42Four tankers come in a month.
00:44How do you get water from the tankers?
00:46Where do they get the water from?
00:48This means that the water is being stolen.
00:56There is no water at all.
00:58There is no water at all.
01:00There is a shortage of water here.
01:02We get six cans of water here.
01:04We can't survive.
01:06What can we do?
01:08How can we buy such expensive water?
01:10Believe me, I came here for work.
01:12I didn't even drink water.
01:14I didn't even breathe.
01:16I came here for water.
01:18This is our situation.
01:29A large quantity of water is either distributed by the tanker mafia
01:36or is diverted to the bus and political groups.
01:43The water supply is about 40% by the tankers.
01:47This is a huge business
01:49and billions of rupees are involved.
01:54Because of this, so many people are affected,
01:59many people are homeless.
02:02There is a shortage of water.
02:05The water supply is very poor.
02:08These people are so influential that the government is not able to control them.
02:14The government is not able to control them.
02:28The illegal ideas were created in Central and other districts.
02:33We did a grand operation under the leadership of the water board team.
02:39They took connections from the main lines and carried out illegal aid.
02:44They were arrested and arrested.
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