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| May 23, 2005 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1426 |
Kalri — another Manchhar in the making?
KARACHI: Senior officials in the Sindh irrigation department have taken much credit in recent days for the relative calm this year in Hyderabad and adjoining areas even after the release of toxic water into the Indus from Manchhar. As Dawn set out to assess the net worth of such claims, it transpired that the rampant negligence and carelessness of all government agencies concerned is gradually converting even Kalri into another depository of toxic pollutants.
The contamination of Kalri, which is one of the main sources of water supply to Karachi and Thatta, has so far escaped public attention, but as things stand today, Kalri is just another Manchhar in the making. As found by Dawn, the overall water contamination scenario in Sindh presents a truly bleak picture; bleak enough to disappoint even the most diehard of optimists.
Detailed story in National Section
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