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Medical waste is washing up on Seaview beach and Shaniera Akram has proof
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Medical waste is washing up on Seaview beach and Shaniera Akram has proof

"There is medical waste, including open syringes, vials of blood, broken glass medical containers," she shared.
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03 Sep, 2019

If you've been to Clifton beach in Karachi, you know it's not the cleanest place around.

People litter, waste washes up on the shore and there's even a discharge of untreated sewage into the sea from a drain near a restaurant.

Shaniera Akram has taken to social media to declare the beach in a state of emergency.

"There is kilometers of medical waste, including open syringes, vials of blood, broken glass medical containers, that has come in from the ocean spread out over kilometers across the beach. Our beach is a bio-hazard zone and needs to be shut down immediately. I am so sorry to the people including myself who use and love our beach but this is beyond safe."

She called for the media to take notice:

Akram also warned people to let professionals take care of the mess as cleaning it up ourselves could be dangerous:

She suggested the beach be shut down until it's safe for the public:

She had also previously shared a picture of all the plastic waste on the beach:

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There is no bigger heartbreak than the love one has for our city and our beach. Karachi and all who live here on our land and in our waters, are literally choking to death. This has been so hard for me to post but if we really want to clean up our city then now is the time because Karachi really needs our help. YES we need better garbage disposal, YES we need to enforce recycling systems but we also need to start playing our role. Did you know a plastic bag takes between 1-10 000 years or more to decompose? We don’t need more bandaids of beach clean ups we need to get to the root of the problem! This is our home and we need to look after it. Karachi is imposing a ban on plastic bags from Oct 1st but it’s up to us to enforce it. Stop the use of plastic bags and polystyrene containers in your home and office NOW. Everyone must play a part so that we can all have a better future. If just half of us stop the use of non recyclable plastics that will make an incredible difference already . Make the change so that our city has a chance. Ask for paper and say no to plastic ! #LetsCleanKarachiForGood #SayNoToPlastic #PaperIsSafer #OurCityIsChoking #SayNoToRestaurantsWithPolystyrene #UseMaterialShoppingBags #AskForPaperBags #KarachiNeedsOurHelp

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Good on her for pointing this out and also shutting down this troll in the process:

Comments

M. Saeed Sep 03, 2019 01:43pm
This is a horrible situation that demands most urgent notice by the Government to take appropriate corrective action. Investigations must be initiated for finding all those who fail to dispose of such hospital and medical stuff, without following due process. Highly appreciative and thankful to Shaniera Akram, for her eye opener with proofs.
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Haider Sep 03, 2019 01:49pm
Thanku maam for raising the issue. I hope the men in power will focus their efforts on this emergency issue out of their political squabble.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Sep 03, 2019 01:51pm
She is 100 percent right. Nevertheless, she must also understand that this is just the tip of of iceberg.
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