Karachi, City of Dust and Chaos
Karachi, inhabitated by approximately 18 million people, is seriously threatened by the construction work going around. As the city has been dugged from end to end, and diversions are scarce, one has to pass through at least one development site, increasing the risks of getting affected eye, nose and throat infections as well as breathing related diseases like ashtma.
Construction of roads and highways are always undertaken keeping public safety and security in mind. Unfortunately, in Karachi it seems that the City District Government (CDGK) is only concerned about meeting its deadline and does not give a damn about suffering of the citizens.
Other posts by Kashif Aziz
- Urgently Wanted : Federal Ministers - November 19th, 2008
- GEO TV Transmission blocked in Karachi? - November 17th, 2008
- American meat exporters using fradulent halal certificates - November 14th, 2008
- The case of Khanani and Kalia - November 10th, 2008
- Alcohol Exports Bring $220 Million To Pakistan - November 9th, 2008
- Open Letter of Appreciation to Government of Pakistan - November 5th, 2008
- Earthquake Strikes in Balochistan: More than 250 dead, 20,000 displaced - October 30th, 2008
- Pity the Nation - October 26th, 2008
- Lab Pay Aati Hai Dua .. Ban Kay Tamanna Meri - October 16th, 2008
- Predictions of the Century: The Fate of Sarah Palin, and Asif Ali Zardari and United States of America - October 12th, 2008
Thank you for reading this post. You can now Read Comments (2) or Leave A Trackback.
Post Info
This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 and is filed under Current Affairs . Tagged with:You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments Feed . You can Leave A Comment, or A Trackback.
Previous Post: Windows launch Live Messenger »
Next Post: Rooney or Ronaldo? Who pull England down? »
July 24th, 2006 15:50 GMT
You are so right. A friend of mine recently returned from the US of A, and his reaction after driving around for a couple of days in the city was, “it seems as if the americans have been bombing this place and not baghdad”….
Everything is a mess. I have the misfortune to travel to work from KDA-1 to SITE area, and the road has been DESTROYED in atleast five different locations. Karsaz, Hassan Square Gharibabd, Liaqatabad, Nazimabad. The CDGK had the bright idea of simaltaneosly starting work on all these huge and overly ambitious projects, which we will only appreciate when the work is complete (whenever that might be).
Its just that the project management of the CGDK is atrocious, and that they have not deputed people within the CDGK to monitor the work progress of the contractors. For the first few months of this construction, none of the alternative routes were properly established, resulting the commuter to be stuck in 2 hour traffic jams daily. As if your boss didnt piss you off enought at work, that we needed the CDGK to do it for us before we even get there.
July 24th, 2006 21:15 GMT
The underpasses were supposed to be completed by July but now it’s said that they would be finished in Oct-Nov. More misery for Karachites in days to come.