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Thanks to our (all) governments whose incompetency in providing basic necessities of life one of which is clean water we have seen tremendous growth of companies selling mineral water and they are using the indifference of the gov. for their profiteering. As one of KMB author said “if our gov. doesn’t do anything NOW there would be a DAY when WE WOULD BE BREATHING OXYGEN by paying to companies”. His comments seem like a joke for now but so did the mineral water issue 100 years back that was considered free along with oxygen ever since we heard it.

Economically if there is a family of 5-7 people (avg. in PAKISTAN/KARACHI) and each drinks only one bottle of water for 15-20 rupees it means they are drinking 4K rupee water every month to make sure they don’t get impure water and stay safe from disease & considering inflation rate is in double digits. One by one our governments are stealing eyes from their responsibilities. For electricity it’s the GENERATOR/UPS etc. companies and for waters these mineral companies. How on earth the ordinary man would live a decent life then? This is indifference at its peak.

The citizens should get united and demand a closure of these companies and strict enforcement of laws on WATER, Its supply and its cleanliness as well as new connections and proper maintenance INSTEAD of stealing eyes from its responsibility.

The capitalist mentality and the tendency to make profit from every bit & piece for few people or a class of group at the cost of compromising the ISLAMIC ideology of a welfare state would be catastrophic in the long run.

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