Pakistan 7th worst country in access to sanitation

[TruthTheOnlyDefense]

LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation.

A report by WaterAid says 79 million people lack a decent toilet, while 37pc have no system for wastewater disposal, which leads to spread of diseases due to contamination of water and contact with human waste.

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), supported by Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan Campaign marked the World Toilet Day in Lahore, where they called attention to these issues.

“Despite the severity of the issue, sanitation remains a low priority area in the country. There is an immediate need to shift focus,” said PHED Secretary Muhammad Khurram Agah.

“One of the SDG targets is to ensure that everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme poverty,” he said.

The World Toilet Day is about an inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated Nov 19 as the World Toilet Day. The day is coordinated by the UN-Water in collaboration with governments and partners.

Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan (Clean and Healthy Pakistan), is a five-year large-scale multi-layered national behaviour change campaign on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) that seeks to promote healthy living among the people by improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to safe drinking water, better sanitation and improved hygiene.

“Diseases spread by waste water and lack of sanitation increase the financial burden on families. This disadvantages the poorest. There is already a vast disparity in the country in terms of rural-urban access to basic sanitation facilities. If not addressed urgently, this will continue to keep many below the poverty line.

“The government takes ownership of the issue and will continue to work towards addressing this,” said Health P&D member Dr Shabana Haider.

“Improving funding and allocation of resources is at the heart of solving the sanitation and waste water problems in Pakistan. It is encouraging to see the government’s willingness and promise in this regard but more needs to be done to ensure we are able to achieve the SDG for sanitation and waste water management. Unless appropriate funding is diverted to these areas, long term, sustainable gains cannot be made,”said Siddiq Khan, country director of the WaterAid Pakistan.

“Pakistan’s efforts and commitment to improve sanitation need to be lauded. However, apart from sanitation, waste water disposal and treatment are also key in making progress towards the SDGs. For that to be achieved, we need systems that ensure that human waste is contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way, said Dr Haider.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1372293

And I thought India was disgusting.

 

[Azadkashmir]

LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation.

A report by WaterAid says 79 million people lack a decent toilet, while 37pc have no system for wastewater disposal, which leads to spread of diseases due to contamination of water and contact with human waste.

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), supported by Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan Campaign marked the World Toilet Day in Lahore, where they called attention to these issues.

“Despite the severity of the issue, sanitation remains a low priority area in the country. There is an immediate need to shift focus,” said PHED Secretary Muhammad Khurram Agah.

“One of the SDG targets is to ensure that everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme poverty,” he said.

The World Toilet Day is about an inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated Nov 19 as the World Toilet Day. The day is coordinated by the UN-Water in collaboration with governments and partners.

Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan (Clean and Healthy Pakistan), is a five-year large-scale multi-layered national behaviour change campaign on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) that seeks to promote healthy living among the people by improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to safe drinking water, better sanitation and improved hygiene.

“Diseases spread by waste water and lack of sanitation increase the financial burden on families. This disadvantages the poorest. There is already a vast disparity in the country in terms of rural-urban access to basic sanitation facilities. If not addressed urgently, this will continue to keep many below the poverty line.

“The government takes ownership of the issue and will continue to work towards addressing this,” said Health P&D member Dr Shabana Haider.

“Improving funding and allocation of resources is at the heart of solving the sanitation and waste water problems in Pakistan. It is encouraging to see the government’s willingness and promise in this regard but more needs to be done to ensure we are able to achieve the SDG for sanitation and waste water management. Unless appropriate funding is diverted to these areas, long term, sustainable gains cannot be made,”said Siddiq Khan, country director of the WaterAid Pakistan.

“Pakistan’s efforts and commitment to improve sanitation need to be lauded. However, apart from sanitation, waste water disposal and treatment are also key in making progress towards the SDGs. For that to be achieved, we need systems that ensure that human waste is contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way, said Dr Haider.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1372293

And I thought India was disgusting.

government neglect and corruption.

 

[Menace2Society]

Why are south asians like this

 

[YeBeWarned]

this i never really understand about Pakistani people , most of them consider themselves to be strictly religious but neglect the clean environment , streets and water etc despite knowing that its half of their imaan (faith) to be clean and work or live in a clean place .. but oh man a road trip in Karachi , DAMN these filthy people sit and work , and throw garbage at the same place, spit paan and tambako , naswaar and all sort of disgusting stuff , people literally peeing on streets where ever they find a wall . Why should we call ourselves Religious ? Pakistan is nowhere close to a Islamic country .

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

this i never really understand about Pakistani people , most of them consider themselves to be strictly religious but neglect the clean environment , streets and water etc despite knowing that its half of their imaan (faith) to be clean and work or live in a clean place .. but oh man a road trip in Karachi , DAMN these filthy people sit and work , and throw garbage at the same place, spit paan and tambako , naswaar and all sort of disgusting stuff , people literally peeing on streets where ever they find a wall . Why should we call ourselves Religious ? Pakistan is nowhere close to a Islamic country .

No no, not strictly religious, applied religious. They only use religion when it supports their case.

 

[Śakra]

Why are south asians like this

No civic sense. Probably due to repeated invasions and colonization, the people never developed that mentality.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

No civic sense. Probably due to repeated invasions and colonization, the people never developed that mentality.

No, people were fine in the old ages. Its the current 2-3 generations that is the issue

 

[YeBeWarned]

No civic sense. Probably due to repeated invasions and colonization, the people never developed that mentality.

we took a lot from British but didn't learn how to keep your cities and surroundings clean .. even in 1940's British cities would be far cleaner than our cities in 2019 ..

 

[The Sandman]

Wonder what our ulema hazraat have done to solve this issue do they ever talk about these problems in their sermons... Imagine had khadim rizvi used all those thousands of youngsters to clean streets of Pakistan and not create chaos but...

 

[Path-Finder]

strange thing is while the British were around they had no tolerance for filth on the streets but I have seen Pakistan become a waste dump in my 30 years of visiting Pakistan. sad but true.

Wonder what our ulema hazraat have done to solve this issue do they ever talk about these problems in their sermons... Imagine had khadim rizvi used all those thousands of youngsters to clean streets of Pakistan and not create chaos but...

That is a very very VERY good question. Positive rating If I could give one

 

[Crixus]

you piece of shit you are pulling a 2016 report just to troll ......... for Asians you find many such reports but no one shows you mirror when you have literally wiped off the whole aborginal population from your own country

LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation.

A report by WaterAid says 79 million people lack a decent toilet, while 37pc have no system for wastewater disposal, which leads to spread of diseases due to contamination of water and contact with human waste.

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), supported by Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan Campaign marked the World Toilet Day in Lahore, where they called attention to these issues.

“Despite the severity of the issue, sanitation remains a low priority area in the country. There is an immediate need to shift focus,” said PHED Secretary Muhammad Khurram Agah.

“One of the SDG targets is to ensure that everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme poverty,” he said.

The World Toilet Day is about an inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated Nov 19 as the World Toilet Day. The day is coordinated by the UN-Water in collaboration with governments and partners.

Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan (Clean and Healthy Pakistan), is a five-year large-scale multi-layered national behaviour change campaign on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) that seeks to promote healthy living among the people by improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to safe drinking water, better sanitation and improved hygiene.

“Diseases spread by waste water and lack of sanitation increase the financial burden on families. This disadvantages the poorest. There is already a vast disparity in the country in terms of rural-urban access to basic sanitation facilities. If not addressed urgently, this will continue to keep many below the poverty line.

“The government takes ownership of the issue and will continue to work towards addressing this,” said Health P&D member Dr Shabana Haider.

“Improving funding and allocation of resources is at the heart of solving the sanitation and waste water problems in Pakistan. It is encouraging to see the government’s willingness and promise in this regard but more needs to be done to ensure we are able to achieve the SDG for sanitation and waste water management. Unless appropriate funding is diverted to these areas, long term, sustainable gains cannot be made,”said Siddiq Khan, country director of the WaterAid Pakistan.

“Pakistan’s efforts and commitment to improve sanitation need to be lauded. However, apart from sanitation, waste water disposal and treatment are also key in making progress towards the SDGs. For that to be achieved, we need systems that ensure that human waste is contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way, said Dr Haider.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1372293

And I thought India was disgusting.

 

[Path-Finder]

this i never really understand about Pakistani people , most of them consider themselves to be strictly religious but neglect the clean environment , streets and water etc despite knowing that its half of their imaan (faith) to be clean and work or live in a clean place .. but oh man a road trip in Karachi , DAMN these filthy people sit and work , and throw garbage at the same place, spit paan and tambako , naswaar and all sort of disgusting stuff , people literally peeing on streets where ever they find a wall . Why should we call ourselves Religious ? Pakistan is nowhere close to a Islamic country .

I have not been to Karachi ever, but keep hearing that its drowning in its own waste.

 

[YeBeWarned]

I have not been to Karachi ever, but keep hearing that its drowning in its own waste.

just take a trip to Sadar market , specially area next to ampress market , its filthy ... not been racist but most of the people working illegal there are either Afghans or Pashtoons , and they have make that area a pile of trash .. next to it is Lines area ( muhajir dominated ) and going in the inside of that area ... Damn its disgusting , gutters boiling , spitting of paan and Gukta is everywhere , and at every corner of streets is a mini trash pile .

 

[Figaro]

LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation.

A report by WaterAid says 79 million people lack a decent toilet, while 37pc have no system for wastewater disposal, which leads to spread of diseases due to contamination of water and contact with human waste.

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), supported by Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan Campaign marked the World Toilet Day in Lahore, where they called attention to these issues.

“Despite the severity of the issue, sanitation remains a low priority area in the country. There is an immediate need to shift focus,” said PHED Secretary Muhammad Khurram Agah.

“One of the SDG targets is to ensure that everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme poverty,” he said.

The World Toilet Day is about an inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated Nov 19 as the World Toilet Day. The day is coordinated by the UN-Water in collaboration with governments and partners.

Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan (Clean and Healthy Pakistan), is a five-year large-scale multi-layered national behaviour change campaign on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) that seeks to promote healthy living among the people by improving knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to safe drinking water, better sanitation and improved hygiene.

“Diseases spread by waste water and lack of sanitation increase the financial burden on families. This disadvantages the poorest. There is already a vast disparity in the country in terms of rural-urban access to basic sanitation facilities. If not addressed urgently, this will continue to keep many below the poverty line.

“The government takes ownership of the issue and will continue to work towards addressing this,” said Health P&D member Dr Shabana Haider.

“Improving funding and allocation of resources is at the heart of solving the sanitation and waste water problems in Pakistan. It is encouraging to see the government’s willingness and promise in this regard but more needs to be done to ensure we are able to achieve the SDG for sanitation and waste water management. Unless appropriate funding is diverted to these areas, long term, sustainable gains cannot be made,”said Siddiq Khan, country director of the WaterAid Pakistan.

“Pakistan’s efforts and commitment to improve sanitation need to be lauded. However, apart from sanitation, waste water disposal and treatment are also key in making progress towards the SDGs. For that to be achieved, we need systems that ensure that human waste is contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way, said Dr Haider.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1372293

And I thought India was disgusting.

Honestly, the ancient Romans had much better sanitation than some of these countries. So very sad.

 

[Nein]

Urbanisation has to be worst thing for many third world countries especially for India and Pakistan.