“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without
becoming impure.” “Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu
or any other theology, learn to be human first.” “Water and air, the two
essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
Pollution from human activities is changing the Earth's climate. We see the
damage that a disrupted climate can do: on our coasts, our farms, forests,
mountains, and cities. Those impacts will grow more severe unless we start
reducing global warming pollution now. I have long understood that climate
change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic,
health, and justice issue as well. The science tells us that if we fail to
reduce global warming pollution, global temperatures will rise to dangerous
levels and unleash devastating extreme weather events and accelerate destructive
sea level rise. Air pollution is terrible for our children. Every single
scientist, every single doctor will tell you the same thing: Air pollution
damages our children's brains, their hearts, and their lungs. The only solution
to pollution is a people's humane revolution!
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest city Karachi is under the grip of multifarious
pollutions due to lack of government’s environment-friendly policies. The air,
marine and noise pollutions are rising with each passing day as there is no
proper check and balance system. Karachi’s coastline stretches over 135 km,
which is now extremely polluted due to the discharge of industrial waste,
sewerage and garbage in the area. Apart from this, Karachi doesn’t even have
clean tap water. Karachi is among the five most-polluted cities in the world.
The authorities concerned have failed to overcome this problem, almost, but we
cannot leave this problem for them to deal with alone, as we are also
responsible for it. We should do our part by at least keeping our streets,
houses and areas clean. We should avoid throwing garbage on streets. The marine
pollution in Karachi has also badly affected fish and prawn production. The sea
water has turned poisonous along the city coast and as a result fish and prawn
have died. As a megacity of Pakistan, Karachi needs effective policies from the
government but unfortunately, it seems heart-wrenching and all we can see is a
mismanaged administration in the city. In Karachi, there is no proper way of
disposing of garbage to landfill sites on a regular basis as heaps of garbage
can be seen everywhere, trees which can help absorb carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere is also reducing. The government needs to improve its environmental
policies to reduce the burden of pollution.