KARACHI: A great amount of water is wasted every day in our society and unfortunately, concerned departments and masses are not taking this matter seriously.
According to a research report, there will be an acute shortage of water in Pakistan in the next 10 years. The governmental offices, non-governmental organizations, civic activists, and the public have to create awareness about the proper use of water and federal and provincial governments should work together to save water supplying sources and supplies.
“We have to educate our children about the importance of water in our lives and the public should realize that we should not wastewater. Awareness about the proper use of water among children from a young age would help society in preventing the wastage of water in the country, these views were expressed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi.
He stressed the importance of water in the lives of humans at the inaugural ceremony of the water filtration plant which has been established near the new building of the Faculty of Pharmacy. The Ehsan Development Welfare Organization has set-up the water filter plant.
The KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi observed that the shortage of clean drinkable water begets health and social issues. He stressed the need for an efficient water management system is badly needed coupled with an effective water monitoring system.
He said that practical steps are needed to be taken to stop the wastage of water so that we could conserve water which is one of the most precious commodities of nature. The Dean Faculty of Pharmacy Prof Dr Faiyaz Vaid, Prof Dr Muhammad Harris Shoaib, Students Advisor Dr Syed Asim Ali, Chairman Department of Computer Science Dr Nadeem Mehmood, and others were also present on this occasion.
Earlier, the honorary secretary Ehsan Development Welfare Organization Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi briefed the audience about the background of the Trust and said that they are working on a project to make Tharparkar district self-sufficient and green.
He said that the charitable organization has so far installed 88 reserve osmosis plants, open a school, and conduct a couple of free medical camps while distributed a good amount of facemasks and food supplies during the Covid19 pandemic in different locations of the Tharparkar.
“This is our first project at the University of Karachi and we have installed an ultra-water filtration plant for students, visitors, and others. We hope that we will be able to do more projects with Karachi University”.