Gypsy Reports

Text and Photos by Amar Guriro The heritage enthusiasts have nothing to worry about in case of Moenjodaro. The news reports have been stating that the ancient necropolis was on the verge of irreparable destruction; however, it is safe. The worst floods in the country’s history have affected a vast majority of people, their crops [...]

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Sindhi nationalists have welcomed the announcement made by the Indian peace activists to send a team of 400 doctors and paramedical staff to work in the flood-hit districts of the province. Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadar Magsi said that in post-flood scenario the victims needed medical facilities, as diseases [...]

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: As nations around the globe are planning to help Pakistan’s flood victims, Indians have also decided to play their role by sending teams including 400 doctors and paramedical staff to work in the flood-hit districts. The Indian civil society, who wants to see peace between both nuclear rivals, will make all [...]

Text and Photos by Amar Guriro About 150,000 residents of Khipro Town and 10,000 residents of other small towns and union council in Khipro taluka are forced to consume polluted water due to the outdated water supply systems and the minor canals supplying water to the system. Khipro taluka is an administrative subdivision of Sanghar [...]

By Amar GuriroKARACHI: Health experts fear that the already serious state of waterborne diseases could worsen once the contaminated water is released from Manchhar Lake into the Indus River, which supplies the city with drinking water.They expressed their concern after the recent decision by the irrigation department authorities, Hyderabad District Government, Hyderabad Development Authority and [...]

By Amar Guriro KARACHI: Forty-one people, including 24 children and six women living in the slum settlements in Landhi and Korangi, were hospitalised with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea on Monday, after allegedly consuming the contaminated water that was supplied to their areas. However, no death was reported till the filing of this report. The [...]

Text and photos by Amar Guriro Sewage water, leaking from the main nullah that flows just beside the Shahrah-e-Faisal, has inundated the eastern side of the historical Christian cemetery, theGora Qabristan. The sewage water is pouring in the graveyard through a large outlet from the eastern corner just opposite the Aisha Bhawani School. Several Victorian-era [...]

By Amar Guriro A strange disease has spread in the coastal belt of Karachi paralysing the lower limbs and some times the arms and other body parts of the victims, the majority of the victims are children. Earlier, there was an outbreak of a similar disease in Achhro Thar (White Desert) of district Sanghar and [...]

Text and photos by Amar Guriro No one can feel the pain of a fisherman who realises that the vast wetland or natural lake that had served as the only source of livelihood for him and his forefathers will soon be no more. The pain was evident in the eyes of Ghulam Nabi Mallah, who [...]

By Amar Guriro The discharge of heavily contaminated domestic and industrial waste into Phuleli Canal in Hyderabad continues unabatedly and no relevant authority has taken notice of the grave threat this situation poses. A large portion of the province, particularly the lower Sindh, has brackish and saline underground water due to the influence of the [...]