Karachi, May 27 -- As Pakistan marked Eid al-Adha on Wednesday, millions of residents in its financial hub Karachi continued to grapple with an escalating water crisis that has entered its second month, exposing deep infrastructure failures and intensifying public frustration over the city's deteriorating urban services.

According to Dawn, prolonged supply disruptions have left large parts of the metropolis dependent on expensive private tankers at a time when water demand traditionally surges for religious rituals, sanitation and animal care during the Bakrid festival.

The crisis, which began in late March, has been driven by repeated power outages, ruptured transmission lines, underground leakages and operational failures at major pum...