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Article: Community participation must for a cleaner Karachi.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- April 29, 2007
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Karachi, April 29 (PPI) (PPI): Almost all areas of Karachi, from rich posh localities to poor Goths and Katchi Abadis, have one striking similarity: their residents freely throw their litter and garbage on streets and roads. Despite spending billions of rupees on sanitary workers and vehicles, purchase of modern machinery besides privatization of garbage disposal system this biggest city of Pakistan has yet to get a look of a cleaner and civic city. The heaps of garbage, chocking gutters and littered streets not only give the city an uncivilized look but also pose risks to human health and the environment.One may blame this sorrowful state of affairs on multiple ...