Samoo Goth News Today

Will the new project, to cost a whopping Rs27.5 billion, solve Karachi’s traffic issues or simply lead to environmental disaster?

Civil society, residents fear massive displacement due to Malir Expressway project Karachi February 11, 2021 Showing their concerns over the displacement of families because of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive along the Gujjar Nullah and Mehmoodabad Nullah in Manzoor Colony, the construction of the Malir Expressway, and expansion and reconstruction of ML-1, a group of urban planners, civil society activists and residents said on Wednesday the federal and Sindh governments had been committi...

National February 8, 2021 KARACHI: First it was the flooding of the Malir River caused by the rains and now it’s the construction of the Malir Expressway — there seems to be no end to the miseries of the poor residents of Samoo Goth. Though unprecedented rains and urban flooding in August last year brought life to a grinding halt everywhere in Karachi, Samoo Goth, a village situated near the Malir River, was among the most affected localities of the city. Heavy rain caused the Malir River ...