Filthy rich: A Karachi sewer operation for a sick city
Garbage and not squatters is the real reason it floods SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan - Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
Two naughty little boys are having a conversation sitting on top of an empty king-sized sewerage pipeline behind a swarm of city officials surveying Manzoor Colony nullah.
âTera ghar to gira rahey hain,â one of them says. Theyâre demolishing your house.
âAbey, tujhe kaise pata?!â How the hell do you know?
âKyunke wo nishaan laga ke gae na!â he repliesâand then, as if to assuage his buddyâs feelings, hastily and a tad mournfully, adds: âMeri to poori galli ja rahi he.â Because they marked it. My entire alleyway is going…
THE bee is the only insect that produces food consumed by humans. Egyptians knew the importance of the bees which is why apiculture domestication of the bees was shown in Egyptian art about 4,500 years ago.
Learning of its importance recently, the government launched the Billion Tree Honey Initiative to increase the production of honey (Dec 22). In this project, trees like ‘kao’, ‘phula’, ‘kikar’ and others that attract the bees will be planted. This will provide job opportunities to the local communities.
Pakistan is blessed with 12 climate zones, so different varieties of honey can be produced here. Other than honey, bees are good pollinators and travel to more than hundred flowers to arrange nectar for honey. Hopefully, the government will expedite the completion of this project.
Sindh CM reviews hydrological, hydraulic analysis of storms water drains
National
December 26, 2020
Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, to expedite work on a survey and detailed designs of the Gujjar and Orangi storm drains’ network by December 31, 2020, and January 15, 2021, respectively.
He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting on the storm water drains’ cleanliness at the CM House on Friday.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Labour Saeed Ghani, law adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem, Commissioner Karachi Naveed Shaikh, NED Vice Chancellor Dr Sarosh Lodhi, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, KMC Administrator Laiq Ahmed, the secretaries for finance and local government and other officials concerned.
Sindh CM reviews hydrological, hydraulic analysis of storm water drains Sat 26th December 2020 | 12:28 AM
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the NED University team to expedite survey and detailed designs of Gujjar Drain network and Orangi drain network by December 31 and January 15 respectively
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Dec, 2020 ):Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the NED University team to expedite survey and detailed designs of Gujjar Drain network and Orangi drain network by December 31 and January 15 respectively.
He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting regarding storm water drains cleanliness here at the CM House.
Karachi
December 26, 2020
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, to expedite work on a survey and detailed designs of the Gujjar and Orangi storm drainsâ network by December 31, 2020, and January 15, 2021, respectively.
He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting on the storm water drainsâ cleanliness at the CM House on Friday. The meeting was attended by Minister for Labour Saeed Ghani, law adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem, Commissioner Karachi Naveed Shaikh, NED Vice Chancellor Dr Sarosh Lodhi, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, KMC Administrator Laiq Ahmed, the secretaries for finance and local government and other officials concerned.