“The water supply was suspended around the area soon after the pipeline burst,” claimed resident Jasim Shakeel. However, KWSB’s PRO Mateen insisted there will be no shortage of water supply. “We have started supplying with alternative sources,” he said. Supply to the affected pipeline remained suspended until late into the evening. After one track of the University Road was closed for traffic so close to rush hour, a massive traffic jam resulted on its opposite lane. The gridlock further spiralled onto other main roads leading to University Road. District East Traffic SP Qamar Rizvi blamed the management of the water board for delaying the repairs on the broken pipeline. “We have diverted the traffic coming from Nipa Chowrangi to Hasan Square towards Millennium Mall,” he said.