Forty-four degrees centigrade is 111.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

May 20, 2018
By Mudaser Kazi

Karachi - One of the hottest days in May (click here) was recorded on Sunday when temperatures in the port city rose to 44˚ Celsius. This spell of hot weather is likely to continue for the next few days due to the suspension of sea breeze.

According to Regional Director Karachi PMD Shahid Abbas, the temperature in Karachi reached 44 degree Celsius, which is the highest recorded in the month of Ramazan.

He said that that dry air resulted in the rise of temperature recorded at 3pm, as the humidity remained as low as 8 per cent.

Earlier in the the day at 1pm the temperature was recorded at 42 degree Celsius.

“Thanks to the decline in humidity, that made the heat index (feel like) it was at 41 degrees,” he explained....

...As part of its continued torture of the residents of Karachi, K-Electric (K-E) decided a heatwave would be the perfect time to implement increased load-shedding in the city. Areas such as Lyari, Malir, Defence, North Nazimabad and Nazimabad were without electricity all night. Many residents took to the streets, to protest. Many areas also experienced water shortages....

There is gross mismanagement of water in this area of Pakistan. The Lyari River is being polluted because of lack of infrastructure planning. There is a huge expressway that runs through this area and it is polluting everything. It is this pollution and sewage mismanagement that is taking water resources away from the people.

The people demonstrate and complain, but, there is little done to improve the circumstances by the government. The people have to focus on necessary infrastructure projects and demand the same from the government. Where are all the conservation biologists and the organization to bring about pressure on lawmakers. This is no joke. Water is at a premium and getting worse. Pakistan has to secure the water future of it's people.

What good is the electricity for a water pump if there is no potable water to pump?

Until the 1970s, (click here) the river held clean water and fish, with farming activities on its banks.[3] However, after the independence of Pakistan from British colonialism in 1947, when Karachi was announced as the capital city of the new country, a large influx of refugees from various Indian states as well as from other provinces of Pakistan came to live in the city. 

With rapid growth of the city's economy, industry, and population, the river's ecology was transformed and it gradually continued to discharge waste water, sewage and industrial effluents....