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THE onset of the monsoons has triggered a wave of anxiety as early rains have resulted in a number of causalities. The National Disaster Management Authority has already reported 133 deaths countrywide. Rain spells that began in the last week of June continue to lash different cities. Strong showers have inundated roads and underpasses in Lahore and triggered alarm in Rawalpindi as the Leh Nullah crossed the flood threshold.

IN a recent session, the Sindh Assembly has adopted a consensus resolution asking the federal government to take urgent steps for checking sea intrusion into coastal districts of Thatta and Badin.

But no serious attention has been paid to the problem as the decision makers consider the water flow down stream Kotri as waste. For them, environmental flow is an alien concept. While presenting the resolution, a member of Sindh Assembly from Badin Dr Sikandar Mandhro

THE Indus Delta, once a pristine ecosystem, has lost its glory. Listed amongst the 40 most biologically rich ecoregions in the world, it is also a Ramsar site. Unfortunately, its mangrove forests and fish stock in its estuaries are dwindling and communities are abandoning their abodes due to scarce livelihood resources. Abject poverty, food insecurity and morbidity are rampant. The prosperous past of the area has given way to deprivation over the decades.

If a mountain could dwarf the highest peak in your country, it would be a stack of plastic if all of it were to be heaped at a single point. Plastics have sneaked into our everyday lives without much realisation of the environmental ramifications of the change. Easy availability and unsuspected durability have turned plastics into favourite materials for countless products all over the world. According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), plastic production and use have grown e