Amar Guriro March 31, 2012 KARACHI – Twenty eight landmarks across the “City of Lights” would plunge into darkness between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm on Saturday (tonight) to observe Earth Hour. Last month, the electricity load shedding-hit Sindh and its capital Karachi were declared “Earth Hour province” and “Earth Hour city”, respectively. The Earth [...]
-KWSB does not provide water supply connections in slum areas, prompting residents to make illegal connections -Contaminated water causes diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain -Losses of Rs 112 billion is caused by inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene conditions Monday, 11 Oct 2010 7:43 pm Amar Guriro KARACHI At least 28 people living in the [...]
Amar Guriro KARACHI – Finally taking notice of media reports and fisherfolk’s complaints about garbage dumping at the city’s beaches, a Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) team visited the seashore along coastal villages of Ibrahim Hyderi and Rehri, where the defunct City District Government Karachi and private contactors have been disposing of tonnes of garbage [...]
By Amar Guriro Of the two largest Southasian deltas, one flourishes as the other faces the threat of being overrun by the sea. At a time when melting glaciers, shrinking coastal lands, depleting freshwater sources and vanishing forests are hot issues across the world, the tidal mangrove forests of the Sundarban constitute an encouraging [...]
