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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
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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 t ....

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The waterless villages of Botswana | The Patriot On Sunday


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Ahead of the 2019 General Elections one of the trump card for political parties was the supply of potable water to all communities in Botswana as well provision of waste water management.
Two years after the elections, most major villages in Botswana are still struggling to have sustainable water supply and many believe hydro politics will play a pivotal role in the 2024 elections.
In 2013 Botswana came up with Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project ((WSRP) which has been funded by the World Bank by a $145.5, and was meant to address water crisis by 2021.
One of the issues that were highlighted in the report was that the Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan (IWRMͲWE) needs to address gaps and weakness in Botswana’s water resources management. “These include the lack of clear targets that can guide and accelerate IWRM implementation; government domination in water management with limited part ....

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ECNEC approves nine schemes worth Rs251b


ECNEC approves nine schemes worth Rs251b
Clears Pak-China optical fibre cable project for fast communication between two nations
ISLAMABAD:
The government on Thursday approved nine mega-development schemes worth Rs251 billion, including an umbrella project worth Rs70 billion to improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic and other calamities.
Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which also approved Rs38 billion Pak-China optical fibre cable scheme for fast communication between the two nations.
The Covid-19 response and other natural calamities control programme were approved by the Ecnec at a cost of Rs70 billion as a federal share, according to the statement issued by the finance ministry. The project includes National Health up-gradation programme, National programme for Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Covid-19 interventions for less developed areas, it ....

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