Allocating expenditures to parks is the most important step while creating new places may be an option for the future
KARACHI: There has been a lack of attention regarding recreational spaces for people in Karachi for many years. The condition of parks today is pitiable, to say the least. Park maintenance around the city is completely ignored in many neighborhoods. This lack of recreational space means that people flock to the beach, namely Sea View, which itself has been in a state of decline. A recent event regarding biomedical waste washing up ashore caused widespread health concerns and many people advocated for a temporary shutdown of the beach due to this.
Where will families go to spend time, then? Perhaps instead of creating towering apartment buildings by the sea which cater to a certain segment of society, more development projects focusing on recreational spaces such as parks should be invested into. The alternative option is to take care of the existing spaces of the city where people can come to enjoy on holidays and in their spare time. This may even prove to be fruitful as an avenue to let go of the everyday frustrations such as dealing with traffic congestions. Allocating expenditures to these sites is the most important step while creating new places may be an option for the future.
Fariha Parvaiz
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2019.
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