Filthy rich: A Karachi sewer operation for a sick city
Garbage and not squatters is the real reason it floods SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan - Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Mahim Maher and Sohail Khan Posted: Jan 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
Two naughty little boys are having a conversation sitting on top of an empty king-sized sewerage pipeline behind a swarm of city officials surveying Manzoor Colony nullah.
âTera ghar to gira rahey hain,â one of them says. Theyâre demolishing your house.
âAbey, tujhe kaise pata?!â How the hell do you know?
âKyunke wo nishaan laga ke gae na!â he repliesâand then, as if to assuage his buddyâs feelings, hastily and a tad mournfully, adds: âMeri to poori galli ja rahi he.â Because they marked it. My entire alleyway is going…
A change of heart and farms of future
Azmat gave up on his dream of working abroad to introduce technological innovation in agri sector
The operator of a drone can control five of them at the same time without actually being on the field. PHOTO: APP/FILE
KARACHI:
For years, Syed Azmat, 27, dreamt of landing a job abroad and settling there for good. And so, when he was offered a job in Saudi Arabia, he was ecstatic. However, just days before he was to leave for Saudi Arabia, he had a change of mind - or rather, heart.
“I stumbled upon a list of countries who were using drone technology for civic purposes. Private entities in the top-ranked countries on the list had been employing drone technology to deliver solutions for public issues, and in turn strengthen the economy,” narrated Azmat. “What made me change my mind was that Pakistan was not even among the top 100 countries on the list while India ranked seventh.”