Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) PS-112 MPA Khurrum Sherzaman demands the resignation of Sindh Local Government Minister over the recent news that the water supply in 13 districts of Sindh is unfit for human consumption.
Sherzaman expressed outrage over the news report that a majority of water samples collected from surface and underground sources in 13 districts of Sindh, including all six Karachi districts, by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in a recent survey have been found to be unfit for human consumption. In addition, he blasted the Sindh Government, particularly the Local Government Ministry for doing hardly anything in the last nine years to alleviate this serious health issue.
The PS-112 MPA vowed to take up this matter in the Sindh Assembly by submitting an adjournment motion tomorrow (Monday, March 6) and by demanding the resignation of Local Government Minister Jam Khan Shoro for his failure to provide clean water to these 13 districts.
The worsening contamination of the water supply Sindh is not a one-off event as Dr Ghulam Murtaza of the PCRWR stated that PCRWR regularly perform analysis of water samples for the past several years in Sindh and that there has not been any improvement in the quality of the water supply. This is a serious indictment of the not just the current Sindh Government but past governments for lack of action on this matter.
Sherzaman urged the Chief Minister to take notice of this grave health issue by revamping existing treatment and filtration plants and investing in additional plants and stopping dumping of industrial and domestic waste in water bodies by enforcing existing environmental laws.
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