CONTAMINATION OF KEENJHAR

LAKE. TOXIC THREATS TO 23M

POPULATION OF KARACHI, THATTA ,

NOORIABAD, KOTRI & JAMSHORO .

Produced and Released By Pakistan Relief Foundation

DAMAGING R ICH BIODIVERSITY AND

MATCHLESS ECOSYSTEM .

KEENJHAR LAKE DEPLETION SPECIFIC REPORT

A DETAILED REPORT ON CONTAMINATION OF KEENJHAR LAKE. TOXIC

THREATS TO 23MILLION POPULATION OF KARACHI, THATTA, NOORIABAD,

KOTRI & JAMSHORO. DAMAGING RICH BIODIVERSITY AND MATCHLESS

ECOSYSTEM.

14th September to 6th November 2013

Keenjhar Lake Depletion Specific Report is an outcome of 15 days field visit and ground check of

the Founder and Chairman Pakistan Relief Foundation MR HALEEM ADIL SHEIKH.

Said report is prepared with the support of local civil society, media and technical experts.

Compiled By: Mr Abdul Waheed Panhwar

Content Provided By: Mr Shams Jokhio and Mr Azhar Tanwri

Designed By: Mr Malik Atif and Mr GM Ghazi

Field Coordination: Mr Javed Awan, Mr Karim Bux lashari and Mr Riaz Palari.

Research By: Ms Rubyna Khan

Pictures By: Mr Faisal Laghari, Mr Farzand Ali and Mr Taha Khan

Media Coordination: Mr Rao Imran Suleman and Mr Waseem Ahmed Narejo

CHAIRMAN ’S MESSAGE

One & half year from now, when I was serving as Advisor to Chief

Minister Sindh for Relief Department. In that capacity I had seen dif-

ferent issues faced by communities due to floods, heavy rains and epi-

demic. During the period I also had opportunity to see Keenjhar Lake

poisoning issue, which had caused disastrous situation, killing flora

and fauna, damaging rich ecosystem of Pakistan’s biggest sweet water

reservoir. The incident was written into detailed report and issue was

taken higher level. Same report was shared with then President of Is-

lamic Republic of Pakistan, Chief Minister of Sindh, concerned de-

partments and stakeholders. The issue of Keenjhar Lake depletion has

continued threats to people depending on this sweet water reservoir.

Previous governments had already made inquiry committees, but even after those all previous ef-

forts no particular action has seen yet. In September 2013, I saw that the issue is still not solved and

Keenjhar Lake is continuously been depleted from Kotri Industrial waste and domestic waste in-

cluding affluent of Nooriabad Industrial Area and domestic waste of 39 villages around the lake

and agriculture runoff of agriculture land around it. Its been ten years the issue is being reported in

media and local people also protested.

It was also seen that the Combined Affluent Treatment Plant (CATP) at Kotri S.I.T.E was not op-

erational and it leaked on its first test run. During this situation, Managing Director Karachi Water

and Sewage Board given statement that poisonous combined affluent of Kotri Industries is being

sent to Keenjhar Lake through Kalri Baghar Feeder. Just after few more days Additional Secretary

of Ministry of Industries and Commerce claimed that affluent can not be shifted to other areas ex-

cept Kalri Baghar Feeder. Due to the situation, contaminated water is being supplied to 23 million

population.

Depending on previous research and media based reports, including local information, I planned

fifteen days detailed visit to find out causes of Keenjhar Lake depletion and remained in field. Dur-

ing visit I was in direct contact with local people, civil society and local media.

Keenjhar Lake contamination is national issue and may become national security concern. I have

immediately taken this issue with serious efforts. I have requested provincial and national govern-

ment functionaries and Chief Justice of Pakistan to take Suo Moto action. If this issue is not re-

solved as soon, I will file a petition against responsible persons and industries involved. Because

water is precious asset and all beneficiaries of Keenjhar Lake can not afford buying mineral water. I

will keep working on my mission until millions of people get clean drinking water.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

It’s been ten years long history of different episodes of reports been observed in media and dif-

ferent issues has been discussed regarding sustainability of Keenjhar fresh water lake and its biodi-

versity. Even the issue has not raised up to the desired level and it was not given serious look after,

which must be raised in provincial and national forums. Keenjhar Lake as one of national fresh

water resources, it has been continuously depleted from urban and industrial waste from Kotri, ag-

riculture runoff of lands surrounding Keenjhar Lake and waste produced on recreational sites

along with torrential stream of Loyach Nae from Nooriabad full of industrial waste of 61 opera-

tional industries at Kallu Khuhar Dam. Kotri Industries are comprising over 80+ industries dump-

ing affluent into Kalri Baghar Feeder.

The industries use of ground water and dumping strategy is creating health problems, as pollut-

ants and chemicals are entering groundwater beyond permissible limits in both Kotri and Nooria-

bad industrial area. This problem is creating serious issue in many parts of Kotri, Thatta, Nooria-

bad, Gharo, Dhabeji and Karachi.

Keenjhar Lake is designated Ramsar Site under Ramsar Convention in 1971. It was planned to

prepare working wetland management plan which is a dream to come true. Yet Keenjhar Lake is

not planned as per international and national standards. Proper management of water should be

done under controlled standards and it all depends on our laws, policies their implementation and

above all our seriousness. While no serious attention has been paid by any government whether

federal or Provincial with the result that there are no operational treatment plants at identified

points where waste water accumulates and then is discharged into irrigation water.

According to teaching of the Holly Prophet (PBUH) we must use Pak water for Taharat and

Wuzu. It is important that obligations for religious purpose should be maintained, where as reser-

voir contains domestic waste from colonies of Kotri named Khuda Ki Basti, Bihar Colony, Khan-

zada Colony, TB Hospital, Sikandar Abad, Gharibabad, Telegraph Colony and half of Kotri City.

Moreover domestic waste is also being thrown from Nooriabad Town and its suburbs, including

39 villages surrounding Keenjhar Lake. People consuming water from reservoir are at high risk of

Calera, Typhoid, Diarrhea (Bactarial and Amoebas), Polio, Hepatitis A and E.

KEENJHAR LAKE DEPLETION SPECIFIC REPORT

Keenjhar Lake reserves water for short period of time and then same water is supplied to Thatta and

Karachi. One should see the quality and cleanness of water that whether it should be used for drinking

and religious purpose or not.

The flaws found within the system are eminent and well aware to the authorities. Therefore it is impor-

tant to establish a support bridge between decision makers, industrialists, law enforcement agencies,

community and other line departments to share responsibilities all together.

Pollution has become so bad that is an increasing threat to human and aquatic life and our wildlife. Ag-

riculture runoff , untreated sewage and domestic waste water and industrial affluent, those include un-

stable quantity of heavy metals, those are combined to degradation of Keenjhar ground, relative con-

tamination of flora and fauna. Due to day to day growth in contamination it is difficult to produce and

filter water with good taste and smell.

Public participation and activism is key to successful resurgence of Keenjhar Lake and permanent re-

lief to 23 million population depending on the reservoir. Departments those are of major concern for

survival of Keenjhar have to start coordination and to act as catalyst in timely resurgence of the reser-

voir. Irrigation Department has to save its water channels from pollution caused by adjacent towns and

industrials states. Local Government Department has to take care of urban waste that should be channel-

ized to other safer areas away from natural streams and irrigation systems. Industries Department should

regular check on industrial management including dumping of waste into valuable systems. Fisheries

Department should maintain check into healthy and favorable environment for aquatic system. Sindh

Tourism and Development Corporation should rebuild environment friendly and set standard recrea-

tional spot for visitor and awareness campaign to keep the lake view safe. Environment and Alternate

Energy Department should raise awareness on importance of our wetlands and start regional consulta-

tions to engage stakeholders and share their responsibilities. Civil Society have to intervene and raise

awareness on issues pertaining to Keenjhar Lake. Public health engineering has to is depending on irri-

gation system to provide water, but there are improper measures resulted into increased epidemics and

prominent diseases.

Due to the seriousness of issue, Pakistan Relief Foundation has taken pro-people initiative and started

a campaign against causes of depletion and a major threat to fresh water wetland, one of major national

assets supporting 23million population. It is high time to start activism against the responsible people

and industries.

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Keenjhar Lake or Kalri Lake is located 22km away from Thatta, 122km from Karachi and 80km from Hyderabad. On its west there is River Indus, on North there is Nooridabad and Thatta is on west of lake.

Keenjher lake is an extremely beautiful blue water lake which It plays an important ecological role in the functioning of the In-dus River. It is extremely important for a wide variety of breed-ing, passage and wintering water birds. The mid-winter water bird counts of the late 1980s averaged 140,000 birds per win-ter.

The lake is water source for 78% of Karachi through two out-lets from Chillia. Keenjar Lake is one of biggest fresh water ecosystems in Pakistan and one of significant national assets. The lake is an important site, it was declared as wildlife sanctu-

ary in 1977 under Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance.

Keenjhar is also given a profound designation as Ramsar Site under Ramsar Convention in 1971. The lake is lo-cated in 24-15 to 25-30 N and Longitudes 67-30 to 68-15 E. The Lake has taken such importance due to irriga-tion development of Kalri Baghar Feeder from Kotri Barrage to the lake. The lake is a combination of Sonehri and Keenjhar Lakes.

The lake has several attributes including recreation, fish industry, tourism, wildlife, flood mitigation and water recharge on ground and water supply to Karachi metro-

politan city. The lake has a great potential to serve as reservoir for runoff of torrential streams from Kheerthar Range through Loyach Nae, Haroolo

Nae and Bari Nae. Keenjhar was once a livelihood source of 70,000 population, now majority of peo-ple have shifted to earn from other livelihood sources instead of fishing.

Having this much potential and multiple uses Keenjhar is lacking basic management plans for tourism, water storage, fishing and crop yield. The lake is also a historic part of our culture and it have also been given and praised through different poets.

KEENJHAR IN HISTORY

RAMSAR IS AN

INTERGOVERNMENT

AL TREATY THAT

PROVIDES THE

FRAMEWORK FOR

NATIONAL ACTION

AND

INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION FOR

CONSERVATION AND

WISE USE OF

WETLANDS AND

THEIR RESOURCES.

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FEATURES OF KEENJHAR LAKE Surface area 9842Ha

Storage capacity 0.508 million acre feet

Usable capacity 0.38 million acre feet

Average depth 6m

Length of embankments 31km

Maximum height of embankments 9m

Deposition of silt per year 4335acre feet

Original life expectancy 132 years

Reduced life after silting 87 years

Life expectation after construction of link Canal (By-pass Keenjhar Lake)

192 years

Main water supply source Kalri Baghar Feeder (Upper) Kalri Baghar Feeder (Lower) & KDA Canal

Source: WWF Pakistan

A Beautiful View of Keenjhar Lake

Keenjhar Lake carries bacterial loads, which were significantly higher than the recommended load to the natural ecosystem. This also carries Phenol, Chromium, Cadmium, Nickel, Mer-cury, Cyanide and Faecal Coliform. These chemicals combined with the sewage discharged by the town end up in Keenjhar Lake. Seasonal streams (hill torrents) also carry untreated effluents from the Nooriabad Industrial Area. There are 113 industrial installations, while only 61 are operational and without treat-ment system. The toxic waste from

cotton factories, steel factories, textile mills and chemical plants. It is also found that the agriculture land also throws pesticides into the reservoir. The case with Kotri and Nooriabad industrial waste is poor as it should ones separate organic and inorganic compounds from the industrial waste rather diverting the same to another area. Making the treatment system more functional there are lesser chances of depletion. Kotri urban and industrial waste has also geographic potential to shift its waste to adjacent Nae Baran which may decrease its af-

fluent downpour to KB Feeder. Civic sense of those using Lake for their recrea-tional purpose, those who come on Na-tional Days and every weekend, millions visitors have resulted into mismanage-ment of recreational site. It was seen during visits that vehicles of cement loaders, trucks, containers into knee-deep water and LTV’s are being washed without any restriction, while the polythene and empty cans are thrown here and there. The departments of fisheries, irrigation,

FACTS AND FINDINGS

Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Sindh Tourism Development Corpora-

tion and wildlife are sole re-sponsible for looking after and proper management of lake. It is irony of fate that every one of them is working, but in isolation. Due to absence of a working coordination mechanism to save the lake we have already increased major threat to sys-tem. This was also done with Manchar which was considered to be one of Asia’s largest fresh water lake in Asia. Sindh had notified Keenjhar Lake, among others, as a pro-tected wetland under the Ram-sar Convention. Ramsar Site should be planned and due to its environment health, Keen-jhar may strip off from Ramsar Designation once it’s de-

graded. This will happen

because of mismanagement

and due to non functionality

of site specific wetland

management plan. National

Environment Quality Stan-

dards (NEQS) should be

met before we lose another

fresh water wetland as we

already lost Manchar.

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PRF TEAM AT URBAN WASTE BEING DUMPED IN KB FEEDER. 14TH SEP

TREATMENT PLANT OF S.I.T.E KOTRI ON 15TH SEP.

INDUSTRIAL WASTE BEING REGURLY THROWN INTO KALRI BAGHAR FEEDER. 15th SEP

A PRF VOLUNTEER TAKING SAMPLES OF INDUS-TRIAL WASTE FROM KOTRI 14TH SEP

PEOPLE AT RECREATIONAL SITE OF STDC AT KEENJHAR. 15TH SEP

KALLU KHUHAR DAM AT LOYACH NAE NEAR NOORIABAD. 18TH SEP

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Keenjhar had supported livelihood of 70000 people living around it 20 years ago, but these days around 10000 or lesser people has left with fishing practice. Keen-jhar Lake has potential for better utilization due to its water and ecotourism, due to its importance in the region, it should be protected. In Nooriabad 61 operational industries waste dumps into Loyach, Ajikar and Haroolo Nae and drains by episodic torrential gush. Major threats measured from Nooriabad, domestic waste of Kotri and affluent of 80 industries of S.I.T.E Kotri, pollutes Keenjhar Lake. According to SUPARCO’s water quality assessment and characterization of toxic-ity of Keenjihar lake conducted in June 2012, it states conclusion of results that Kalri Baghar Canal and Haroolo Drain are two major sources of pollution accu-mulating in the lake and are becoming threat to both lake aquatic life and human population relying on the lake water for drinking purposes. It was irony of fate that the band at south-west of Nooriabad at Kallu Khuhar was planned to store water but it has turned into dumping area for industrial waste for 7 years. Several points are identified for installation of treatment plants, but neither fed-eral nor provincial government is acting seriously on the issue and propose man-agement of waste from Industrial installations and domestic waste. While it is found that government has scarce funding for treatment plants.

FACT CONTAMINATED WATER

PUTS OUR HEALTH OF KIDS AND PREGNANT

WOMEN AT HIGH RISKS AND ADDS AN

UNCONDITIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY DANGER TO OUR MASS OF PEOPLE

IN 3.5 LAC PEOPLE OF KOTRI, 5.8LAC OF

THATTA, 1.15LAC OF NOORIABAD AND

2.2CROR POPULATION OF KARACHI.

A DEAD TURTLE AT BANK OF LOYACH NAE NEAR JHIMPIR. 15TH SEP

MR CHAIRPERSON AT CHULL INLET OF KB FEEDER INTO KEENJHAR . 15TH SEP

It was found during the visit, around 1.15lac population of Nooriabad are vulnerable to water borne diseases. While the same industrial discharge combined from Kallu Khuhar Dam is being discharged in each episode of rain. There are 39 small and large village around Keenjhar Lake, those lie in union councils, Sonahri, Ghandri, Chakro, Hillaya, Moldi, Chillya, Khambo and Chull are using wide pests for their agriculture purpose which is also cause of depletion. It is high time to look after 2.3cror peoples and save them from contaminated water. Increasing water inflow of lake which may potentially lower down toxicity. It was seen that the contractor of Kotri Combined Affluent Treatment Plant (CATP) has been benefited with secu-rity deposit before trial period of newly constructed plant. The contractor is further trying to get another contract an making more money out of existing scarce source of funding available for CATP. The project has been planned in 2010 and it was contracted in 2011 to be completed in 11 months. The caretaker government of Sindh inaugu-rated it in May 2013. Still plant is not tested and completely repaired on prescribed timeframe.

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KALLU KHUHAR A DAM OF DEATH

Kallu Khuhar Dam is located within torrential stream of Loaych from Kheerthar Range and heading to Keenjhar Lake a prominent fresh water reservoir a biggest source of drinking water to Karachi and Thatta. The Dam is physically situated in 25° 6'55.17"N, 67°47'9.67"E. The primary objective of dam was to store rain water from Kheerthar Range and use it for agriculture and drinking purpose for people living in the vicinities. However the dam has become a dumping drain of industrial chemicals and toxic waste of 63 operational industrial units out of 113 in Nooriabad industrial area. As per water samples collected it contains toxic waste, chemical waste, indus-trial solid waste, and municipal solid waste of 100,000 population. The waste is dumped by the industrial units through point sources and nonpoint sources which has polluted groundwater, causing lesser availability of fresh water to locals and huge contamination to Keenjhar lake.

The dam has become a “Dam of Death”, apart from polluting the fresh water reservoir and ground water. It has significant dependency of local scattered settlements of communities such as Palaris, Khaskhelis and others.

It was seen in different visits to the Kallu Khuhar Dam that local communities are experiencing serious health hazards, which are also cause of death for many amongst them. Therefore a medical camp was organized by Paki-stan Relief Foundation. Population was given free medical consultation and medicines under the guidance of skin specialists and general physicians. It was seen out of approx 1000 population treated 500 (mostly children) were diagnosed of serious skin diseases, cancer and TB. The locals of village Matko Khan Palari and vicinities of Deh Kallu Khuhar, Nooriabad, while talking to the Chairman PRF Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh complained of various dis-eases amongst children, women and elderly people, caused by the toxic industrial waste being dumped into Kallu Khuhar dam. They urged the chairman PRF to take-up the issue with the higher authorities to save them from serious diseases.

Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh in his statement in an open meeting or Khulli Kachahri which was held in Village Faqir

Mohammad Palari called upon the Government of Sindh to take stern action against industrial units which are

dumping the toxic waste into natural water streams, causing serious health hazards and polluting the water of

Keenjhar Lake.

A child with scabies at Village Matko Khan Palari A child with scabies at Village Matko Khan Palari

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Pakistan Relief Foundation recommends starting working coordination initiatives and all we can do is to get in-volved together with all the stakeholders, including the government functionaries and local communities, through this we can play a role in rehabilitation and conservation of the Lake and save millions from threat and before it becomes a National Security Concern.

DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR RECOMMENDED ROLE

SPECIFIC TO KEENJHAR LAKE SITUATION

1. Irrigation Department has to save its water channels from pollution caused by adjacent towns and industrials states.

2. Local Government Department has to take care of urban waste that should be channelized to other safer areas away from natural streams and irrigation systems.

3. Industries Department should regular check on industrial management including dumping of waste into valu-able systems.

4. Fisheries Department should maintain check into healthy and favorable environment for aquatic system.

5. Sindh Tourism and Development Corporation should rebuild environment friendly and set standard recrea-tional spot for visitor and awareness campaign to keep the lake view safe.

6. Environment and Alternate Energy Department should raise awareness and start regional consultations on im-portance of our wetlands and engage stakeholders and share their responsibilities.

7. Civil Society have to intervene and raise awareness on issues pertaining to Keenjhar Lake.

8. Immediate takeover of combined affluent treatment plant and joint stakeholders committee may also be help-

ful for timey action. 9. National and international non governmental organizations may also be contacted to come forward and help

setting up small projects particularly in the areas which have been neglected.

10. Federal Government should also come forward to setup combined water treatment plants in industrial sites.

11. Public health engineering should ensure availability of fresh water supply, functional water sani-tation systems and proper management of waste water towards distant allocations away from irrigation channels.

12. Karachi Water and Sewage Board may takeover affluent treatment schemes and install machin-ery at water inlets of Keenjhar from Nooriabad industries and Kotri industries.

13. The government has to look into controversy and work on possible ways to make treatment plant operational

on time. 14. Government should start monitoring of construction and its contracts and make an accountability to benefit

our people depending on it.

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PICTURE GALLARY (MEDICAL CAMP)

A child with skin disease at Mondar Khan Vil-lage, Nooriabad 14th Oct 2013

A Child with skin disease in Matko Khan Palari Village at Nooriabad, 14th Oct 2013

Pakistan Relief Foundation Medical Camp at Deh Kallu Khuhar, 14th Oct 2013

A girl Carrying a baby with scabies at PRF Medical Camp 14th Oct 2013

Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh with an ill child at Medical Camp, 14th Oct 2013

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Prf Team While Registering Out Petients For Treatment. 14th Oct

A Child With Skin Disease At Nooriabad. 14th Oct

A Close View Of Foot Of A Child Affected By Chemical Waste At Nooriabad. 14th Oct

A Child With Skin Disease At Nooriabad. 14th Oct A Close View Of An Affected Hand Of Women Given

Treatment At Camp. 14th Oct

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Founder/Chairperson Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh At Inlet Of Loyach Nae, Near Jhimpir. 15th Sep

PICTURE GALLARY (KOTRI , NOORIABAD AND KEENJHAR)

Industrial Waste Being Sent Into Kb Feeder At Kotri. 14th Sep

A View Of Treatment Plant For Dometci Weaste Near Telegraph Colony, Into Kb Feeder. 15th Sep

A View Of Loyach Nae At Kallu Khuhar Near Nooriabad. 18th Sep

Untreated Water Use To Be Supplied On Regular Basis To Jamshoro, Universities, Kotri And Hyderabad. 15th Sep

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Children Are Largely Exposed To Industrial Waste And Similarly Get Sick And Infected . 15th Sep

Prf Team At Dumping Area Of Domestic Weste At Kotri. 15th Sep

Acidic Industrial Waste Of Nooriabad Reaction On Stones. 15th Sep

A View Of Treatment Plant Kotri S.I.T.E And Dumping Area. 14th Sep

Dumping Area Of Domestic Weste At Kotri. 15th Sep

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PRF Founder and Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh while briefing the Hyderabad Press regarding Keenjhar Depletion. 22nd Sep

PRF Founder and Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh while briefing the Hyderabad Press regarding Keen-

jhar Depletion. 22nd Sep

Founder and Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh while on a visit to dumping area of domestic waste of 7 colonies of Kotri. 14th Sep

PRF Founder and Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh at Loyach Nae Near Jhimpir. 15th Sep

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PRF Assessment Team Near Waste of a well known Textile Mill at Nooriabad . 23rd Sep

PRF Assessment Team Near Drainage of Textile and Cotton Mills at Nooriabad . 23rd Sep

Toxic Waste of Board Mill at Nooriabad. 23rd Sep

PRF Team at Waste Outlet of a Factory at Nooriabad. 23rd Sep

PRF Assessment Team Near Drainage of Textile and Cotton Mills at Nooriabad. While Cows, Goats

and Sheeps are also Drinking the same 23rd Sep

Drainage of Textile and Cotton Mills at Nooria-bad. Livestock also Drinking the same. 23rd Sep

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Starting Point of Kalri Baghar Feeder from Kotri Barrage. 23rd Sep

Domestic Waste Entering into Kalri Baghar Feeder at Vil-lage Sain Dino Mallah at Taluka Kotri. 23rd Sep

Children Having Skin Diseases at Village Sain Dino Mal-lah, Taluka Kotri. 23rd Sep

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Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh Addressing Media at Kallu Khu-har Dam Near Nooriabad. 22nd October

Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh Addressing Media at Kallu Khu-har Dam Near Nooriabad. 22nd October

Chairman Mr Haleem Adil Sheikh while talking to the team members at Kallu Khuhar Dam. 22nd October

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YOUNG SAVIORS PROTEST AT KARACHI PRESS CLUB

A Child Urging Chief Justice of Pakistan In a Protest Against Contaminated Water. 20th Sep

Young Saviors at Protest Against Contaminated Water. 20th Sep

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PRESS CLIPPINGS

POLLUTERS WARNED OF LEGAL ACTION

Daily Dawn September 21, 2013 | Ziqa'ad 14, 1434

HTTP : //DAWN .COM/NEWS/1043113/POLLUTERS-WARNED-OF-LEGAL-

ACTION

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SINDH CHAPTER OF PML-Q AND FORMER ADVISER TO CHIEF

MINISTER ON RELIEF , HALEEM ADIL SHEIKH , WARNS OF TAKING TO COURT ALL

INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR POLLUTING KEENJHAR LAKE , A

LIFELINE FOR OVER 20 MILLION POPULATION OF KARACHI AND THATTA .

Daily Jang September 20, 2013 | Ziqa'ad 13 1434

HTTP : //E .JANG .COM .PK/09-20-2013/KARACHI/PIC .ASP?

PICNAME=12_20.GIF

FROM KEENJHAR WITH POISON

The News Tuesday, September 17, 2013 HTTP : //WWW .THENEWS .COM .PK/TODAYS-NEWS-4-202445-FROM-KEENJHAR-

WITH-POISON

AT THE KEENJHAR LAKE, THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE. ONE

OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WATER SOURCES OF KARACHI IS GETTING

DIRTIER DAY BY DAY, PUTTING THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY’S

POPULATION AT RISK.

CONTAMINATION RISKS: THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU

TAKE A SIP OF YOUR TAP WATER

The News Tuesday, September 17, 2013

HTTP : //TRIBUNE .COM .PK/STORY/604724/CONTAMINATION-RISKS-THINK-TWICE-

BEFORE-YOU-TAKE-A-SIP-OF-YOUR-TAP-WATER/#.U JCLH11LEPK .FACEBOOK

THE WATER , WHICH IS BEING SUPPLIED TO NEARLY ALL WATER TANKS IN

THE CITY FROM KEENJHAR LAKE , IS HIGHLY CONTAMINATED WITH A

MIXTURE OF INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC WASTE .

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INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTAMINATION: LAB ANALYSIS OF KEENJHAR

LAKE WATER ORDERED

One Pakistan Posted about 8 months ago

HTTP : //PAKISTAN .ONEPAKISTAN .COM .PK/NEWS/CITY/KARACHI/171259- INDUSTRIAL-

WASTE-CONTAMINATION-LAB-ANALYSIS-OF-KEENJHAR-LAKE-WATER-ORDERED .HTML

MANAGING D IRECTOR KARACHI WATER & SEWERAGE BOARD (KWSB) M ISBAHUDDIN FARID

VISITED CHALIA AND KOTRI ON EMERGENCY BASIS AFTER PUBLICATION OF REPORTS IN THE

MEDIA THAT INDUSTRIAL WASTE MATERIAL WAS BEING DISPOSED OF IN KEENJHAR LAKE .

KARACHIITES CONSUMING POISONOUS KOTRI WATER

Daily Dawn Sept 26 2013 HTTP : //BETA .DAWN .COM/NEWS/59036/KARACHI-KARACHIITES-CONSUMING-

POISONOUS-KOTRI-WATER

ALMOST THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF KARACHI AND HALF OF THATTA ARE

DRINKING TOXIC-RIDDEN WATER AS UNTREATED INDUSTRIAL WATER IS BEING

DISPOSED OF INTO THE KB (KALRI BAGHAR) UPPER FEEDER CANAL , THE MAIN

SOURCE OF SUPPLYING WATER TO THE CITY FROM RIVER INDUS .

Daily Jang 12 September 2013

HTTP : //E .JANG .COM .PK/09-12-2013/KARACHI/PIC .ASP?PICNAME=07_21.GIF

AT KEENJHAR LAKE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE

WREAKING HAVOC

The News

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 HTTP : //WWW .THENEWS .COM .PK/TODAYS-NEWS-4-184625-AT-

KEENJHAR-LAKE- INDUSTRIAL-WASTE-WREAKING-HAVOC

INDUSTRIAL WASTE FLOWING UNTREATED IN KEENJHAR LAKE – THE MAIN

WATER SOURCE OF KARACHI – WILL MAKE THE WATER EVEN MORE

POISONOUS AND UNSUITABLE FOR CONSUMPTION WITHIN A FEW YEARS .

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POLLUTION POISONING KEENJHAR LAKE

HTTP : //WWW .TECHNOLOGYTIMES .PK/ENGLISH-NEWS .PHP?TITLE=POLLUTION%

20POISONING%20KEENJHAR%20LAKE

THE LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN PAKISTAN AND MAIN SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY TO

KARACHI AND PARTS OF THATTA DISTRICT , THE KEENJHAR LAKE FACES A SERIOUS THREAT

FROM POLLUTION , WHICH , EXPERTS WARN , IF NOT ATTENDED TO IN TIME , COULD MAKE THE

ENTIRE LAKE POISONOUS .

Daily Jahan Pakistan

12th Sep 2013 HTTP : //EPAPER .JEHANPAKISTAN .COM/E-PAPER/KHI/120913/OPENLINK .ASP?

DDIR=120913& IM=P3-08.JPG

TECHNOLOGY

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20,2013

One Pakistan July 2013

HTTP : //PAKISTAN .ONEPAKISTAN .COM .PK/NEWS/CITY/7804-TWO-FILTER-PLANTS-SET-UP

-TO-PROVIDE-KIDS-CLEAN-WATER .HTML

TWO FILTER PLANTS SET UP TO PROVIDE KIDS CLEAN WATER

HYDERABAD : TO PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING WATER FACILITY TO THE CHILDREN TO

PREVENT THEM FROM WATERBORNE DISEASES LIKE TYPHOID , CHOLERA , HEPATITIS 泡

AND OTHERS , PAKISTAN PEDIATRICIAN ASSOCIATION (PPA) CENTRAL HAS PLANNED

TO INSTALL FILTER PLANTS OF CLEAN WATER IN S INDH PROVINCE .

Pakistan Press Foundation February 27 2013

HTTP : //WWW .PAKISTANPRESSFOUNDATION .ORG/ENVIRONMENTAL-JOURNALISM/66291/

POLLUTION-OF-KB-FEEDER-CANAL-AND-KEENJHAR-LAKE/

POLLUTION OF KB FEEDER CANAL AND KEENJHAR LAKE

THE SELECTION OF VARIABLES FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING IS DONE IN

RELATION TO POLLUTANT SOURCES . IN THE PRESENT CASE , IT WAS DESIRED TO

ASSESS THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS IN KB FEEDER CANAL AND KEENJHAR

LAKE .

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Daiky Dawn

2013-02-14 HTTP : //BETA .DAWN .COM/NEWS/785929/TAINTED-RUN-OFF-STILL-FLOWS- INTO-

KEENJHAR

TAINTED RUN-OFF STILL FLOWS INTO KEENJHAR

HYDERABAD, FEB 13: H IGHLY CONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER

OF HYDERABAD , KOTRI AND NOORIABAD INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THEIR

RESIDENTIAL SEWAGE CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE KEENJHAR LAKE, WHICH

IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF WATER FOR KARACHI AND THATTA RESIDENTS .

Express Tribune February 15th 2013 HTTP : //TRIBUNE .COM .PK/STORY/507423/AFTER-APRILS-CONTAMINATION-KEENJHAR-LAKE-AND-

CANAL-MONITORING-TO-FINALLY-BEGIN-NEXT-WEEK/

AFTER APRIL’S CONTAMINATION, KEENJHAR LAKE AND CANAL

HYDERABAD: TEN MONTHS AFTER KEENJHAR LAKE’S CONTAMINATION,

WHICH LEFT LIVESTOCK AND FISH DEAD , THE MONITORING OF THIS WATER

SOURCE FOR KARACHI AND THATTA IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN A WEEK.

Press release S.I.T.E. 08-Mar-2013

HTTP : //WWW .SITE .COM .PK/WORDPRESS/?PAGE_ ID=2

INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF “CONSTRUCTION OF COMBINED EFFLUENT

TREATMENT PLANT AT SITE, KOTRI” AND “CONSTRUCTION OF WATER

KARACHI (08-MAR-2013): THE HONORABLE GOVERNOR ,SINDH HAS APPRECIATED THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF “CONSTRUCTION OF COMBINED EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLAN AT SITE KOTRI” AND

“CONSTRUCTION OF WATER FILTER PLANT AT SITE HYDERABAD” INAUGURATED ON FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 2013,

DUE TO HARD EFFORTS OF M.A RAUF SIDDIQUE FORMER MINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES &

One Pakistan June 2013 HTTP : //PAKISTAN .ONEPAKISTAN .COM .PK/NEWS/CITY/213695-FUNCTIONING-OF-KOTRI-EFFLUENT-

TREATMENT-PLANT-ORDERED .HTML

FUNCTIONING OF KOTRI EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT ORDERED

HYDERABAD, CARETAKER S INDH CHIEF M INISTER JUSTICE (RTD) ZAHID QURBAN

ALVI HAS DIRECTED THE AUTHORITY CONCERNED TO MAKE THE KOTRI INDUSTRIAL

ESTATE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT FUNCTIONAL IN ALL RESPECT BY MAY 29,

2013.

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One Pakistan February 2013

HTTP : //PAKISTAN .ONEPAKISTAN .COM .PK/NEWS/CITY/KARACHI/171259- INDUSTRIAL-WASTE-

CONTAMINATION-LAB-ANALYSIS-OF-KEENJHAR-LAKE-WATER-ORDERED .HTML

INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTAMINATION: LAB ANALYSIS OF

KEENJHAR LAKE WATER ORDERED

KARACHI , MANAGING DIRECTOR KARACHI WATER & SEWERAGE BOARD (KWSB)

M ISBAHUDDIN FARID VISITED CHALIA AND KOTRI ON EMERGENCY BASIS AFTER

PUBLICATION OF REPORTS IN THE MEDIA THAT INDUSTRIAL WASTE MATERIAL WAS

BEING DISPOSED OF IN KEENJHAR LAKE .

Pakistan Press Foundation February 15th, 2013 HTTP : //WWW .PAKISTANPRESSFOUNDATION .ORG/ENVIRONMENTAL-JOURNALISM/65922/AFTER-

APRILS-CONTAMINATION-KEENJHAR-LAKE-AND-CANAL-MONITORING-TO-FINALLY-BEGIN-NEXT-

WEEK/

AFTER APRIL’S CONTAMINATION, KEENJHAR LAKE AND

CANAL MONITORING TO FINALLY BEGIN NEXT WEEK

KB FEEDER CANAL AND SMALL STREAMS OF SEASONAL WATER DRAINS COURSING

THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BEFORE EMPTYING IN

KEENJHAR LAKE . THE CANAL TRAVELS APPROXIMATELY A 100 KILOMMETRES FROM

KOTRI BARRAGE TO THE LAKE .

The News Monday, April 23, 2012

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-8-104552-Poisoned-waters

POISONED WATERS

THE CONTAMINATION OF OUR WATER BODIES AND WATERWAYS IS BECOMING A SOURCE OF

INCREASING CONCERN , ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION WHERE THE SCARCITY OF DRINKING

WATER IS RISING FAST AND PAKISTAN , ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ,

FACES THE RISK OF BECOMING A WATER-DEFICIENT COUNTRY .

Daily Dawn 2013-09-21

HTTP : //DAWN .COM/NEWS/1044312/KARACHI-GETTING-TOXIC-WATER-FROM-

KEENJHAR

KARACHI GETTING TOXIC WATER FROM KEENJHAR

KARACHI: THE S INDH ASSEMBLY WAS TOLD ON FRIDAY THAT KEENJHAR LAKE

WATER HAD BECOME POISONOUS DUE TO DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL

WASTEWATER INTO THE RESERVOIR , ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF POTABLE

WATER FOR KARACHI CITIZENS .

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Daily Jung September 21st 2013 http://e.jang.com.pk/09-21-2013/karachi/pic.asp?picname=07_01.gif

Daily Jung September 21st 2013 HTTP : //E .JANG .COM .PK/09-21-2013/KARACHI/PIC .ASP?

PICNAME=11_12.GIF

Daily Express September 24th, 2013

HTTP : //WWW .EXPRESS .COM .PK/EPAPER/POPUPWINDOW .ASPX?

NEWSID=1101969125&ISSUE=NP_KHI&DATE=20130924

Daily Express September 22nd, 2013

HTTP : //WWW .EXPRESS .COM .PK/EPAPER/POPUPWINDOW .ASPX?

NEWSID=1101967363&ISSUE=NP_KHI&DATE=20130922

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Daily Express Tribune October 20, 2013

HTTP : //TRIBUNE .COM .PK/STORY/620171/ IMPURE-AQUA-CONTAMINATED-

WATER-SUPPLY-IN-CITY-DECRIED/

IMPURE AQUA: CONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLY IN CITY DECRIED

THE YOUNGSTERS WERE ALSO JOINED BY STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS

AND TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO USE CONTAMINATED WATER FOR YEARS ,

DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY .

The News October 21, 2013 HTTP : //WWW .THENEWS .COM .PK/TODAYS-NEWS-4-209233-SAVE-KEENJHAR-

TO-SAVE-KARACHI

‘SAVE KEENJHAR TO SAVE KARACHI ’

THE PAKISTAN RELIEF FOUNDATION (PRF) STAGED A RALLY OUTSIDE THE KARACHI

PRESS CLUB ON SUNDAY DEMANDING THAT THE DUMPING OF EFFLUENT IN THE

KEENJHAR LAKE BE STOPPED SO THAT THE CITIZENS OF KARACHI ARE SUPPLIED

WITH CLEAN DRINKING WATER .

The News October 31, 2013 HTTP : //WWW .THENEWS .COM .PK/TODAYS-NEWS-4-211352-FOR-THOSE-LIVING

-ALONG-MANCHAR-LAKE-A-PARADISE-DESTROYED

FOR THOSE LIVING ALONG MANCHAR LAKE , A

PARADISE DESTROYED

OVER 100,000 IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VILLAGES SURROUNDING THE

MANCHAR LAKE HAVE TO DRINK WATER THAT HAS A TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS

(TDS) LEVEL OF 32,000 MG PER LITRE – NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING CONSIDERED

FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION .

The News November 6, 2013

HTTP : //WWW .THENEWS .COM .PK/TODAYS-NEWS-4-212463-SHC-MOVED-

AGAINST-DISCHARGE-OF-INDUSTRIAL-WASTE-IN-KEENJHAR

SHC MOVED AGAINST DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN KEENJHAR

A LEADER OF THE PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-Q APPROACHED THE S INDH

H IGH COURT ON TUESDAY , SEEKING THE CONSTITUTION OF A

COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL

WASTE IN KEENJHAR LAKE , A MAIN SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY TO KARACHI .

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PRESS CLIPPINGS

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