THE garbage is strewn all over the road by stray cattle and dogs in North Karachi. Rag-pickers also go through the garbage and further spread it out on the road. The whole area stinks so much that it is impossible to stand outside one’s house.

Whenever the garbage is collected, the stink can be smelt inside the houses. The authorities should shift the dump to outside the city. There are many other dumps in Karachi, but none is being used for collecting garbage.

This seems to be the only one being used. The situation is worse on Thursdays after the weekly bazaar on Wednesday evening on the same road.

I have written several times to the authorities but to no avail.

Hussain

Karachi

Published in Dawn, May 23rd, 2015

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