Pakistan - News and Discussion 6

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<b>Water, water everywhere – <i>Cutting edge</i>I Hassan</b>

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Fifty years ago, the population did not have the benefit of being able to use a drainage and sewerage system. Karachi was the only place which had this luxury. The rest of the country had a primitive system of a sweeper visiting once a day to collect all the human waste in a basket and carry it away on head to God knows where.</b> Over the years, almost all the towns and cities have adopted a water-borne sewerage system with the consequent increase in use of water. And yet, it is far from complete because in all our rural areas, people still grace the fields to relieve themselves. But gradually people are learning and adopting non-traditional ways of fulfilling this function. This means that there is a need for more and more water. <b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Traditionally, our people bathed once a week on Fridays but now they are having to do so daily with the result that more and more water is required and the requirement will continue to grow.</span></b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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