Posted under: Opinion
Tree plantation: sustainability needed
THIS refers to the tree plantation campaign of the government which is likely
to start on Feb 13. Things are bound with priorities, and priorities come
through interests.
14 February, 2012
14 February, 2012
Posted under: Opinion
Solar power: solution to energy woes
THIS refers to the news report ‘Pakistan missing the solar
bandwagon’ (Aug 8). We see so many businessmen and industrialists
complaining about energy shortage and its consequent adverse affects on their
enterprises.
10 August, 2011
10 August, 2011
Posted under: Opinion
Controlling hepatitis
WORLD Hepatitis Day, which is being observed today, serves to highlight the
global fight against the infection which, according to one figure, over 13
million Pakistanis suffer from in one form or the other. A disease of the
liver, the ‘A’ and ‘E’ variants are caused by
consuming contaminated food or water, while the ‘B’,
‘C’ and ...
29 July, 2011
28 July, 2011
Posted under: Opinion
Water scarcity: communal challenge
With the passage of time, environmental changes occur rapidly at the global
level. The changes in environment are a result of human interventions and
practices. Pakistan is also experiencing such changes and challenges.
Earthquakes and floods are examples of it. Glaciers that are melting down
cause destruction in two ways: firstly, it causes floods that affect the
whole country, and ...
07 July, 2011
01 July, 2011
Posted under: Opinion
Saving the mangrove forest
THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Save local mangroves forest’ (Jan
25). Abdul Ghani, a poor fisherman, had established this office for community
development and he started training people at a closed government school,
implemented a small project and activities for conservation of mangroves and
its nursery, implemented a project from ICI Pakistan so that the wives of
local ...
Posted under: Opinion
Spraying neem trees
PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari has planted a neem tree in the Presidency at the
start of the monsoon planting season, according to Dawn’s report of
July 30.
06 August, 2010
06 August, 2010
Posted under: Opinion
Utilising Hunza glacier water
While the lake created by a landslide has brought miseries to the brave
people of Attabad, it has conserved the precious resource not only for the
people of the area but also for the rest of Pakistan.
30 July, 2010
25 June, 2010
Posted under: Opinion
Wastewater treatment: consulting stakeholders
ACCORDING to a report (April 5), the KWSB has submitted PC-1 for four
combined wastewater treatment plants to the Sindh planning and development
department.
These plants will be set up at SITE, Landhi, Korangi, Federal B Area and
North Karachi industrial areas at a cost of Rs7,336m, and treat 80 mgd of
industrial wastewater.
The KWSB is using the word ‘combined’ for the ...
Posted under: Opinion
Waste water discharge impacts on KPT
ACCORDING to reports, Karachi is currently producing 472mgd of raw waste
water. Out of this, only 55mgd is treated by three waste water treatment
plants, with a poor degree of treatment.
Back in the 1960s, Karachi used to have trickling filters waste water
treatment plants, one each at SITE and Mahmoodabad.
Trickling filters are robust plants, designed to provide high degree of ...
Posted under: Opinion
Report fears severe food deficits
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Pakistan may face serious food deficits and high food
inflation with a 2.8 per cent population growth and a decline of 5 per cent
in per acre yield because of global warming, says a new report submitted to
the Planning Commission.
21 April, 2010