KARACHI: Muttahida helping Orangi overcome water shortage
KARACHI, Nov 23: About 12 wells are being dug, under the aegis of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, in Orangi Town to overcome water shortage in the locality.
According to a a press release issued on Saturday, Raoof Siddiqui, the party’s MPA-elect, is supervising the work on the wells, which are being dug at Jauhar Mor, Ali Nagar, Wilayat Shah Colony, Gabol Colony and Raees Amrohvi Colony. The work would be completed by the end of Ramazan.
The party also announced that another 30 wells would be dug in Orangi Town in the second phase after Eid.
In the third phase, wells would be dug in the desert area of Tharparkar.
Mr Siddiqui said the project of wells had been undertaken with the financial assistance of Pakistanis living in the Middle East.
DEAD FISH: The MQM’s members of the National Assembly have urged the government to take steps for the protection of marine life.
In a joint statement here, the MQM MNAs expressed concern over the death of thousands of fish on Seaview beach a few days back, and said marine life was threatened.
They said the use of the dead fish in chicken feed would be dangerous. They urged the government to destroy the dead fish and poultry feed containing dead fish.
They said the discharge of untreated industrial and municipal waste and sewage into the sea was a matter of concern, because it was creating marine pollution.—APP
