KARACHI (AFP) - Karachi residents began cleaning ruined homes and businesses on Monday (Aug 31) after catastrophic flooding sent rivers of filthy water cascading through Pakistan's largest city, while deadly monsoon weather continued to lash communities across South Asia.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KARACHI - Karachi residents began cleaning ruined homes and businesses on Monday after catastrophic flooding sent rivers of filthy water cascading through Pakistan's largest city, while deadly monsoon weather continued to lash communities across South Asia.
"Everything got ruined in my basement, with about three metres of water inside. The water is a mix of rain and sewage water. It is the fifth day and we are suffering horribly," housewife Lubna Salman, who lives in an upscale Karachi neighbourhood managed by the military, told Agence France-Presse. Municipal and military managers were"grossly incompetent" for neglecting the city's sewerage system, Salman said.A record 230mm of rain fell in Karachi last week, compared to the average of 130mm for the time of year, according to the city's meteorological service.
With a population of only 500,000 in 1947, Karachi has seen its population mushroom"without investing in invisible infrastructure for more than 30 years", Karachi-based urban planning professor Nauman Ahmed said.
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