KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took an exception to contamination of water in the Manchar Lake and observed that departments of the Sindh province wanted people to keep dying as no progress had been made to remove contamination from the lake.
Hearing a suo moto case with regard to contamination of water in the Manchar Lake due to effluent from the Right Bank Outfall Drain, the SC’s two-member bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, inquired the secretary irrigation as what efforts were made to reduce the contamination in the Manchar Lake.
The court observed that the provincial government was compelling people to consume contaminated water though billions of rupees had been spent on projects aimed to reduce the contamination in the lake.
The court observed that people were dying due to contamination of water in the Manchar Lake but no progress had been made so far.
The court observed Turkey had managed to clean its sea from pollution but no sincere efforts were seen to remove the marine pollution by officials.
The court directed secretary irrigation to submit details with regard to utilization of funds for reducing the contamination in the Manchar Lake and when the contamination issue would be overcome.
The Supreme Court has directed secretary irrigation and others to submit details as what efforts had been made to store the water in the province.
Hearing a petition for the construction of Dadu Dam, the court directed the provincial government to submit details about the construction of dams in the province.
Petitioner’s counsel Rasheed A Razvi submitted that the provincial government had decided to construct a dam in Dadu 20 years ago but no progress had been made yet.
The court observed that where the rain water would be stored in monsoon seasons and directed the provincial government to submit details with regard to construction of dams in the province within two weeks.