18 deaths in 16 days due to toxic smoke in Pakistan

18 deaths in 16 days due to toxic smoke in Pakistan: 15 children among those who died, two chemical plants in Karachi were closed

Jan 27, 2023 - 19:19
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18 deaths in 16 days due to toxic smoke in Pakistan

In Pakistan's Karachi, 18 people have died in the last 16 days due to toxic fumes from factories. Among the dead are 15 children. Deaths in the area started on 10 January. Since then, there has been an atmosphere of fear and panic here.
Initially, people could not understand why these deaths were happening. People would have fevers, difficulty in breathing would increase and they would die within a week. On Thursday, the health department of Karachi made it clear that the toxic smoke from chemical factories in the Kemari area is responsible for all these deaths.
When the number of people dying in Kemari increased, the Health Department set up an investigation camp there. It was revealed that behind the continuous death of people, there are factories in the Kemari area which are emitting poisonous smoke. People are getting lung diseases due to this smoke. who is taking their lives?
According to the people living there, a strong stench emanates from the two factories in the area. Due to this, they feel suffocated. The whole matter is now being thoroughly investigated. Along with this, both the chemical factories emitting poisonous fumes have been closed.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has summoned the report of the entire matter. He has expressed grief over the death of people. Along with this, instructions have been given to the Commissioner, Health Director and Labor Department of Karachi to continuously monitor the entire incident. Orders have been given to the Labor Department to test the smoke coming out of the factories in the lab.
In the year 2020, more than 500 people fell ill due to poisonous gas leaking in Karachi itself. In these, 14 people had also died. How the gas leak happened is still a mystery. People started having difficulty breathing at once. At that time all the schools in Kemari were closed. Actually, Karachi is a port city.
Due to this, many people claimed that a kind of smoke is released to disinfect the big ships coming to the port, due to which people fell ill. At the same time, there was also a claim that people had died due to allergies caused by soybean dust.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer