KARACHI: Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab has proposed reviving British-era wells to protect the metropolis from urban flooding.
During his visit to the Burns Garden, Murtaza Wahab pointed out that if these wells were revived, the groundwater body would increase, and urban flooding could be prevented.
He further said that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is constructing wells in different parks in the city. “We have reactivated two old wells in the Burns Garden,” he said.
In order to harvest rain water, we have reactivated 2 old wells at Burns Garden & 1 at Chawla market which will serve to store rain water from adjoining areas especially Shaheen Complex.Similar intervention we are aiming at Polo Ground.If successful it can replicated at all parks pic.twitter.com/GRlYkqt2IY
— Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui (@murtazawahab1) July 8, 2023
He added that the wells were revived with the help of an expert who recently came from Ukraine and was working with the KMC’s parks department.
The mayor said the city administration faces urban flooding at the Polo Ground at Baradari. “We’re looking forward to constructing such wells there, then we can harvest rainwater,” he said by adding that water can be used at parks, and the groundwater level would also improve.
