Karachi, May 30 -- Negligence on the part of citizens, subpar performance by municipal bodies, and an unregulated parallel trade in animal offal left substantial portions of Karachi buried under piles of debris and blanketed by a pungent stench throughout the three days of Eid-ul-Adha.

The situation has severely worsened the sanitation crisis in the metropolis, which is already struggling under the weight of long-standing cleanliness issues.

While the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) carried out offal removal tasks along major traffic routes and prominent localities across the three festive days, the agency proved highly ineffective in clearing numerous residential pockets.

According to reports from Dawn, several neighbourhoo...