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Cases / Oil spill · Pakistan · 2016–2023

Dawn reports Karachi tanker trade worth at least 62m rupees a day

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Dawn reported that Karachi's tanker trade earned at least 62 million rupees a day, while the water board collected 60 to 70 million rupees a month from official hydrants. The stake is a scarce urban water supply, with hydrants run outside the water board's control.

What?
Illegal hydrants and a tanker trade that Dawn put at a minimum of 62 million rupees a day, set against 60 to 70 million rupees a month collected by KWSB from official hydrants. Dawn
Where?
Karachi, Pakistan Dawn
When?
2016 to 2023: Supreme Court finding in 2016; Dawn investigation in January 2023 Dawn
Who?
Gained
  • Hydrant contractors — Operated illegal hydrants feeding the tanker trade Dawn
  • Serving major (unnamed) — Ran a hydrant outside KWSB oversight Dawn
  • PPP executives — Received free tankers from a sub-district quota Dawn
Lost
  • KWSB — Collected 60 to 70 million rupees a month from official hydrants, against a tanker trade of at least 62 million rupees a day Dawn
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Hydrants run outside KWSB control; a KWSB official who had leased hydrants without permission was moved to the anti-theft unit. Dawn
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Dawn reported in January 2023 that Karachi's tanker trade was worth at least 62 million rupees a day, while the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) collected 60 to 70 million rupees a month from official hydrants.

Dawn reported that a hydrant was run by a serving major outside KWSB oversight, and that free tankers from a sub-district quota went to executives of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Dawn reported that the Supreme Court found in 2016 that a KWSB official had leased hydrants without permission; the official was later assigned to the anti-theft unit, and one of the commission's 100 proposals was implemented.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: an inspector who reported illegal hydrants was killed; the reviewed sources give no citation for this.
    • None on record Not reported in the sources reviewed: the total annual value of the tanker trade; 62 million rupees a day is a minimum estimate.
    • None on record Not reported in the sources reviewed: the number of households affected by the shortage.
    • None on record Not reported in the sources reviewed: whether the official or the serving major faced any penalty.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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