Transcript KARACHI HISTORY, EVOLUTION AND CURRENT ISSUES

Three Main Players
THE EMERGING KARACHI NETWORK
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NGOs
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Orangi Pilot Project-Research and Training
Institute
Orangi Charitable Trust
Aurat Foundation
Shirkatgah
Citizen’s Committee for Civic Problems
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Urban Working Group
Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and
Research
Shehri
Saiban
Urban Resource Centre
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38 CBOs
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Media Organisations
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Jung Forum
ICN
Press Club
Manduck Productions
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Interest Groups
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Minibus Drivers Associations
Transport Ittehad
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Tanker Owners Association
Karachi Bus Owners Association
Solid Waste Recyclers Associations (6)
Hawkers Associations (8)
Kabari Welfare Anjuman
Scavengers Associations
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Government Departments
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Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority
City Government Mass Transit Cell
Karachi Public Transport Society
Sindh Cultural Heritage Committee
Karachi Master Plan Department
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Academic Institutions
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Dawood College, Department of Architecture
and Planning
NED University, Department of Architecture and
Planning
Karachi University:
Department
of
Architecture
and
Planning
Social Works Department
Mass Communications
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National Institute of Public Administration
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IMPORTANT PROJECTS / PLANS FOR THE CITY
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Greater Karachi Sewage Plan: ADB funded US$ 350 million (1992)
Upgrading of treatment plants
Building of a new treatment plant
Major trunk sewers
Sub-projects
Orangi sanitation (modified by OPP-RTI pressure)
Baldia sanitation (implemented)
Korangi Waste Water Management Programme (loan cancelled due to civil society
resistance)
Common affluent treatment plant (proposal)
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The Karachi Water and Sewage Board owes the ADB Rs. 42 billion (US $ 725 million) in
spite of which sewage related conditions continue to deteriorate. The loan is serviced by
deductions from the Sindh Province development budget
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Northern Bypass
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Lyari Expressway
unclear)
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Karachi Mass Transit Project:
US $ 1.16 million
:
US $ 155 million (ADB loan)
US $ 124 million (funding sources