Thread by @FawadHazan

Karachiites, do you know whats been happening to the water reservoir which supplies water to our city?
Its being polluted and poisoned gradually.
While the govt sleeps, industrial waste, sewage of nearby areas, and littering by 'picnickers' are destroying this nature's resource.

Keenjhar Lake, as it is known, supplies Karachi with 80% water and therefore needs to be conserved. Its also considered wildlife sanctuary and included in Ramsar sites. However, authorities have been doing nothing toa protect it and it might get poisoned soon like Manchar Lake.

This is what picnickers do to the lake..which is less gruesome if we compare it to what industrialists are doing.

The industrial effluent of Kotri Mill area and Nooriabad industrial area enters into the Keenjhar lake through drainage chanels after rains. See here the Kotri mills effluent which ends up in the lake:
(Video by Keenjhar Conservation Network)

From Nooriabad industrial area comes the poisnous waste which enters into the lake after the rains. The mills should first treat the water before releasing it and the govt should make sure that it doesnt end up in the lake. But they dont and who cares?

A few years ago, a part of lake became so poisonous that a large number of fish perished and other animals died here after drinking the lake water. No

A large number of institutions are responsible to make sure that Keenjhar Lake doesnt get polluted and is conserved. They are: Irrigation department, KWSB, Sepa etc. However, locals say they are instead harming the environment.

Sindh Tourism Development Corportation has built here huts to attract picnickers which is highly harmful for the wildlife and the water reservoir here.

Watch my doc here to know what the local community activists are doing in absence of state support to conserve the Keenjhar Lake.
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