INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Shaniera Akram, wife of cricket legend Wasim Akram tweeted on Tuesday to draw attention of authorities towards the horrific
condition of Karachi Clifton Beach.She posted a number of pictures and videos of the beach littered with medical waste, syringes and vials
of blood, calling on authorities to close down the beach for public until it is safe."I have walked on Clifton beach everyday for the last 4
years and I have never been scared until today
This beach needs to be shut down now&, Shaniera said
Medical waste, syringes, viles of blood that has come in from the ocean has spread across Clifton beach for kilometres
The beach is biohazardous and in a state of emergency", the wife of Wasim Akram added.She asked Karachiites to refrain from visiting and
cleaning the beach since it needs be cleared by professionalsShaniera Akram emphatic appeal was made in a string of tweets requesting TV
channels to focus their attention on the issue before "rusty tractors dig this medical waste deeper in to the sand!".Geo News correspondent
witnessed the situation and confirmed that the citizens's lives were at risk.Soon after Shaniera tweet, Sindh Police sprung to action and
cordoned off the area with Section 144 imposed.Today Senator Murtaza Wahab along with Secretary Environment, DC South - Cantonment Board
visited the beach to oversee the cleanup with the help of Secretary Environment, DC South - Cantonment Board.Later, he told in a tweet that
the area of the beach was cleared 80 percent from the waste.Murtaza Wahab thanked Shaniera Akram for highlighting the issue
He also acknowledged the concerned the authorities for cleaning up the Clifton Beach."Visited Clifton beach earlier today to oversee the
cleanup of the beach with the assistance of Secretary Environment, DC South - Cantonment Board
The area is 80% clear now
Thank u ⁦⁦@iamShaniera⁩ for highlighting the issue - CBC staff for cleaning it up," Wahab said on
Twitter.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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