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CDA’s Drainage Failures Exposed | Pakistan News
Islamabad’s deadly floods reveal a deeper crisis: decades of ignored urban planning and unchecked development have turned natural drainage systems into urban hazards. As heavy rains hit, areas like E-11, Park Road, and Ghauri Town flooded because nullahs—critical waterways—were buried or squeezed by housing projects. The CDA admits it failed to enforce the city’s original 1960 master plan, which even proposed a lake to manage water, now occupied by societies. Though officials vow to fix it with check dams, nullah rerouting, and illegal construction removal, the irony remains stark: a city…
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