While browsing youtube I came across this very thought provoking documentary on depleting water resources of our cities. Even though the documentary talks about Karachi in specific, the problem of potable water and conservation is equally valid for any other city and town of Pakistan. According to current estimate, Pakistan is world’s 6th most populous country taking over Russia for that spot in 2006. With all this increasing population, lack of development of potable water resources, WATER is set to become the most precious commodity in coming years. It will truly become what in literature, people have been calling ‘aab-e-hayaat’.
Yaar, Ahmad Bhai, aap nay tou kamal he karr diya!
Bolnay bhi nahiN daitey, aur batatey bhi nahiN ho kay karna kiya hai!
Yaar, burra mat mann-na, laikin iss say tou bolnay waley he achay haiN :-)
@Hussain:
i am doing something, i am NOT just talking. but i don’t want to share those here.
Water is a basic requirement for living and should be a prioirity even ahead of electricity. Any one know anything about the underground water levels and quality in Karachi? I know many people already have wells that they pump water out of. Being a coastal city is the underground water sustainable? Could that be the alternate? We could also purify the salty seawater but I believe that is very expensive, and of course will need initiative from the useless govt.
Communities and neighbourhoods will be have to find alternatives themselves. Even though this is exactly the kind of thing the the govt is meant for. Alas, their water comes from Dubai and they don’t give a shit about the country. What a tragedy. I am still furious that those guys are back in office, but that’s a separate topic.
@Hussain,
then it should be like,
Roti, Kaprah aur makaan,
Bijli, paani aur dehqaan
party card banwa’iey,
warna rasta napiey
Sorry Ahmad Sahib
“Electricity is already on people