Overview

• The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation launched the park in collaboration with the Sindh Forest Department as a platform for mangrove protection and environmental education.
• Mayor Murtaza Wahab said KMC will add mangrove biodiversity parks near the Karachi Port Trust building and at Neti (Native) Jetty in Keamari.
• Two sewage treatment plants are under construction—Haroonabad at 100 MGD, initially treating 35 MGD, and Mauripur TP-3 at 54 MGD—with operations targeted by year-end and a fourth plant planned for Ibrahim Hyderi.
• Wahab appealed to civil society and the business community, including real estate stakeholders, to support and scale the city’s conservation efforts.
• Officials cited the Sindh Forest Department’s Guinness World Record for mangrove planting and said President Asif Ali Zardari is personally monitoring related coastal projects in Sujawal, Thatta, and Badin.