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SAMAA - Did the World Bank fund Karachi s nullah evictions?

Did the World Bank fund Karachi’s nullah evictions? $100m SWEEP project in hot water SAMAA | Sohail Rab Khan - Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Editing & Writing | Mahim Maher SAMAA | Sohail Rab Khan Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar There are two little stories about international donors that everyone who lives in Karachi should know.    In 1994, the World Bank gave the Sindh government a roadmap to privatise Karachi’s water supply. It shortlisted international utility companies as possible private operators. They were International Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Générale des Eaux, Lyonnaise des Eaux and Enron. The KW&SB trade unions and civil society challenged the privatisation in court by 1999 and the entire process was frozen. The Si

Gujjar Nullah to be cleared of encroachments starting February 3

Gujjar Nullah to be cleared of encroachments starting February 3 Karachi February 2, 2021 Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed Karachi’s administration to start an operation on February 3 to clear the Gujjar Nullah of encroachments. He has also ordered constructing a water channel from Saadi Town to the Lat Dam to save the area from urban flooding. “I want to construct another dam on upstream Lat Dam so that wastewater and rainwater can be stored there for agricultural purposes apart from recharging the groundwater aquifers of District Malir.” The chief executive took these decisions on Monday at the CM House, where he was chairing a meeting of the Provincial Coordination & Implementation Committee.

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