Heavy rain in Karachi has turned the Sea View Beach into a garbage dump, with several kilometres of garbage piled up on the waterfront over the past two days.
Hospital waste, especially several open-needle syringes, have washed up on the shore.
Wife of former Pakistan captain, Shaniera Akram took to twitter to share the images from the beach in a bid to force authorities to clean-up the area.
Why is the beach still open? For me,This is not a blame game this is a “we need to act now”problem & close the beach. I don’t want to be in this position but I have no choice peoples lives are at stake and I was faced with a moral obligation. People needed to know about this
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) September 3, 2019
“There is kilometres of medical waste including hundreds of open needle syringes, among other things, that has come in from the ocean. Clifton beach, at this moment, is extremely dangerous,” she wrote on twitter.
I have stayed silent for too long. Every tv channel needs to be running this now. You have a duty of care to protect the lives of the people of Karachi and tell them Clifton beach, as it stands, is totally unsafe for anyone!
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) September 3, 2019
“Clifton beach, as it stands, is totally unsafe, officially hazardous and is in state of an emergency,” she warned, urging authorities to act to clean up the place.
Retweet #SaveOurCity #ThisHasToStop #CliftonBeachEmergency pic.twitter.com/MfVKPm78Mc
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) September 3, 2019
“Medical waste, syringes, viles of blood that has come in from the ocean has spread across Clifton beach for kilometres,” she said, adding that she felt scared.
“I have walked on Clifton beach every day for the last four years and I have never been scared until today. This beach needs to be shut down now,” Shaniera tweeted.
We deserve better than this ! #CliftonBeach #StateOfEmergency #MedicalWasteHasWashedUpOnOurBeavh #CliftonBeachShutDown pic.twitter.com/Z64vIHJLtA
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) September 3, 2019
