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Sanitation In Karachi Essay

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When we talk about sanitation most of the time it’s concerned with the all the possible ways and services for safe and secure removal of human waste and urine. Through the world, the poor sanitation is one the greatest severe issue. Sanitation plays a vital role on the health of individual within every society (WHO). “The term sanitation also has a great emphasis on the safeguard of the hygienic condition through the proper measures for the collection of trash and wastewater dumping ("Sanitation", 2014). Sanitation is linked with the whole process that reassures the proper removal of all the types of wastes, the proper usage of the restroom and staying away from open place defecation also comes under sanitization” ("SANITATION AND HYGIENE", …show more content…

And also the aim of my topic is to highlight sanitation problems within Pakistan especially in Karachi which affects the daily lives of its citizens. 300 mil gallons per day wasted water is released in Karachi. There are 3 sewerage plants in Karachi but they are capable of treating only 15% of the total wastewater. We still do not have an excess of clean water and improved sanitation (Ilyas, 2015). Access to portable water supply and well-developed sanitation is a basic human right and necessary to ensure a healthy population. Poor sanitation affects all the aspect of life in the worst manner. Through directly and indirectly poor sanitation affects the socio-culture and health effects individuals within the society. Women who lack access are forced to go out in open areas, and which cause sexual harassment and violence ("Environmental Issues of Pakistan – CS Forums", 2011). UNICEF report that says Pakistan make up 28% of the world population which still practices open defecation, and the sense of public hygiene in Pakistan is the worst in South Asia and the world. India (638m) and Pakistan (48m), this estimate shows the number of people defecate in the open areas (Haq, 2011). The religious beliefs and long-established practices become even more obvious when promoting the treatment of excreta for further use, as claimed by maintainable

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