Dec 20th

Karachi’s population is estimated to be 16 million people and will
double to 32.5 million by 2020

- An estimated 40 % of this population is in informal settlements or
Katchi Abadis

- Unsafe water kills at least 25, 000 children each year in Karachi

- Most of the towns in Karachi have a water supply system but only 35
to 45 % are connected

- The demand for water is 680 MGD but the supply is limited to 547 MGD

- The poor in Karachi pay at least 12 times as much for drinking water
as the well-to-do, much of which is dirty and contaminated

- KW & SB – the only utility responsible for supplying water for 16
million people – is supposed to generate Rs 20 billion annually but
recovers only Rs2 billion, a tenth of the actual amount

- 40 % of water is lost in Karachi through leakage and theft from its
water lines.

- Industries in Karachi are the major source of water pollution and
environmental degradation.SEPA is completely silent on this vital
issue.

- The Secretary of the Environmental Ministry,a DMG officer by
profession,  is totally ignorant of the gravity of the  situation,
non-technical and basically passing his days of captivity with in this
non-functional Minstry of the Province.

A concerned citizen

–
Majid Khan, PLOT NO. D-266, STREET NO.4, HAROONABAD, SITE , KARACHI,
CELL # 0321-2026265



This syndicated post originally appeared at on 20 December 2010