Environment

By M. Waqar Bhatti

Karachi

A thick cloud of smoke and a stench of burning garbage greet motorists entering the Korangi Expressway and the causeway that leads to the Korangi Industrial Area. The foul atmosphere is a product of the illegal practice of throwing and burning hundreds of tonnes of garbage in an area that is surrounded by residential colonies of Qayyumabad and Akhtar Colony. This activity is being carried out with the consent of all civic and regulatory authorities, who have turned a blind eye towards this blatant violation of law.