October 07, 2006

Roads or nightmares?

Gulberg is one of the main commercial areas in Lahore that boast of a number of bookshops, academies, schools, etc. Although it is an area where thousands of people come daily, the roads there are like open ditches. I go to an academy there and what we have to suffer is almost a nightmare. There is construction going on every road with dug up ditches which cause traffic jams and a total chaos. Secondly, while passing by the main sewer or as we call it the main nullah in Gulberg, I am sure everybody experiences the unpleasant smell that emanates from it.

I would like to request the authority concerned to take immediate action against these problems!

Sameen Bakhtawar
15 years, Lahore

In today's world it is difficult to imagine that there are still billions of people around the world who don't have access to clean drinking water. For Pakistan, this decade holds particular importance. At present, Pakistan is classified as a water stressed nation, and will face serious water shortage in five years if nothing is done about it.

As citizens of Pakistan, we can take several measures to meet this challenge. We should ensure that controlled amount of water is used for household tasks as research has shown that a dripping tap can waste 200 litres of water in 24 hours. Industrial set-up and ensuring leak-proof plumbing can also help to conserve water.

May be if we take the right steps, one day we would have ample potable water in Pakistan.

Hadiqa Maqsood
14 years, Karachi

Footpath is a track made the facility of the pedestrians. But while walk through any busy area in Karachi you would find many vendors occupying the footpaths disregarding the difficulties of people. This is a crime because they use public property to serve their own purpose. The police pay no heed to this problem, rather they get paid by the vendors. And, it is due to this that this crime goes on without punishment. The government in general and police in particular should look into the matter before it gets deep rooted in our society.

Abdullah Soomro
16 years, Karachi

We find hundreds of letters published in Young World and many other newspapers that request the government to solve their problems. But we find that no action is being taken.

Maybe the government thinks that we, the people of Pakistan, write these letters to see our names in print and maybe there is no need to take action as there is no real problem. They do not realise that we citizens write these letters to describe our problems.

I fail to understand why the government does not take any action? Why don’t they find solutions to our problems — traffic problem, electricity problem, and water problem.

We sometime fear to leave home! Once again I would plead to the government to pay heed to our woes that we describe in these letters for it is us that they are here to serve.

Umair Shaikh
14 years, Karachi

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