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They say water is life. But can it breed death? Residents in Thar Block-II say a pond of brackish water poses health risks KARACHI: They say water is life. But that may not always be the case. In some ironic situations, as being witnessed in villages near Thar block-II, water can make survival difficult. Among these villages, one is Gorano - the nearest one to a recently created pond, which the villagers deem to be a hazard in the making. The pond, a vast and expanding body of brackish water, was formed after water discharged from Thar Block-II, where work on a coal-fired power plant and coal mining is underway, began accumulating in the area. ....