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Today I went with some friends to the Gujjar Nala for a door-to-door survey activity. Our goal was to interview resident and document the legal status and condition of the homes before their imminent demolition.

The operation is being carried out in response to catastrophic flooding that took place in August 2020. The government believes the flooding was caused by informal settlements “encroaching” on Karachi’s storm water drains.

Children jumping on a trampoline in front of the wreckage of their homes

An elderly Gujjar nala resident questions where he is supposed to relocate to in his old age, and asks why he and his family are being displaced after he has faithfully paid his bills for years?

For anyone who’s seen the nala in person, it’s immediately clear that the cause of the flooding is the garbage choking it and not the homes adjacent to it.