The biggest metropolitan city faces a long-standing sewage dispos­al and cleanliness crisis. During the monsoon, urban flooding ex­acerbates an already devastated sewage system. Where will all the excess water go? Nowhere, precisely. The President’s directive to Kara­chi’s mayor and authorities, in the presence of the Chief Minister of the province, is a timely call. The city needs a robust sewage and excess rain­water disposal plan. The downside is that many such plans have been........

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