Thread by @itsnotrida

A game on water features in Karachi.
Guess this one!

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It is Lake Neglect-e-Karachi, an unapologetic sewage outfall on the city's most accessible public beach- "ghareebon ka sahil"- situated a short 10-minutes walk from Bilawal House. A casual fact.

Don't go here to access nature at the sea, it is hazardous.

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Guess these features. Hint: Not rivers

3/9

More outfalls! The microcosm of the city: dhara dar development without provision of adequate infrastructure.

Don't go here to access nature at the sea, it is hazardous. Or east because there are more of these.

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This report on sewage hazards is from three and a quarter years ago (2017):

samaa.tv/news/2017/09/m…

And this one from four months ago (October 2020)- nothing changed, elected officials still blissfully 'unaware'
tribune.com.pk/story/2267276/…

Last one:

7/8

SURPRISE! AN ACTUAL LAKE.
.............now Naya Nazimabad.

Can't go here to access nature in the urban core because it does not exist anymore.

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Karachi's tragedy: water at its doorstep yet people craving free-of-cost and safe, nature-based recreation. One can pretend that smog from new expressways is ocean mist.

// derived from my research on accessibility at the urban seafront, 'Guess that Pokemon', and contempt (:

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