Dumping sewage, trash into sea worries SHC
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The Sindh High Court (SHC), while hearing a petition against the release of industrial waste into the sea, on Tuesday sought from the Cantonment Board, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), and Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) details of an effluent treatment facility and its effectiveness.
While appearing before a two-judge bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, the petitioner’s lawyer, Jaffar Raza Advocate, stated that industrial waste and sewage was seeping into the sea due to the carelessness of the administration, which contaminated the water and endangered marine life.
Judge Abbasi remarked that trash and sewage was flowing into the sea, ruining the beaches and sought seeking a report on the industrial waste, sewage, and trash that was entering the sea.
“A waste and sewage treatment facility having a capacity of two million gallons per day has been set up,” the counsel for the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) informed the court.
The bench ordered SEPA to submit a report after seeking details from the CBC, DHA, and KMC. It also sought information on the effectiveness of the treatment facility.
CBC’s reply sought on sealing of scrap shops
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday sought response from authorities on a petition filed against sealing of scrap shops in the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) area.
Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto headed the two-member bench that heard the case. Liaqat Ali, the counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the shops owned by Muhammad Akhlaq Ahmed, Muhammad Ejaz and Muhammad Mushtaq in Sehar Commercial and Khalid Commercial areas of Phase VII were sealed.
Gadap Town
Meanwhile, the same SHC bench heard another plea of shopkeepers pertaining to closure of scrap shops in Gadap Town.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2023.