Posts tagged Lahore Bachao
Pictorial view of the Canal Road
17 months ago
As you all must be aware that the trees on the canal road are being cut, even though the local government is in breach of the Supreme Court’s orders as explained in the post here.
Here is a pictorial view of what is going on. Anyone who has passed through that area must have felt that you no more feel that coolness, which was a trademark of the canal even in the most excruciating heat of Lahore. Not to mention that the entire area is not yet cleared out, so we can imagine what will happen then.
For those who think that it is going to help the traffic, well what improvement have we seen in the traffic due to the Kalima chowk flyover? As far as my observation goes, it was just wastage of our already scarce resources which could have More >
Government of Punjab in Breach of supreme court orders
4Dr. Parvez Hassan, Chairman of the Mediation Committee, wrote the following letter to the Editor of Dawn. The letter hasn’t been published yet, but is a strong statement from the Supreme Court appointee on the behavior of the Government of Punjab in implementing the recommendations of the Mediation Committee. I attached the letter below:
“I have this week found that the Government of Punjab has started cutting trees on the Lahore Canal Road. This is being ostensibly done under the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court announced last week. The Supreme Court has, in this judgment, graciously accepted all the recommendations of the Mediation Committee that I had constituted on my appointment as Mediator by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. We had made 18 recommendations, all as a holistic package, and had suggested that all these be implemented, in letter and spirit, through a detailed and co-ordinated work
ecoWarriors: Rafay Alam
07 months ago
Rafay’s name resonates with multi-tasking. By profession he is a lawyer and wanted to be since he interned with Asma Jahangir. He is a columnist and according to an interview to the blog five rupees he writes about issues that he likes and interest him. Two of the major issues that he writes about are environment issues and urban planning. His articles focus on the area of sustainability in these matters. His activities don’t end here. He teaches at Lahore University of Management Science in the department of Law & Policy. Rafay also is a visiting faculty at the University of Punjab, Department of Architecture; teaching sustainable real estate development. Therefore, it won’t be wrong if we say that he is grooming his students and making them aware of the importance of sustainability as well.
His professional activities don’t stop here. He has been part of a number of law More >
Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations
09 months ago
Take a look at this TED talk by Geoffrey West who runs some data about the life cycle of cities, companies and people.
West posits that cities and in some circumstances companies avoid collapse through innovation, something that Malthus didn’t fully account for. However, the catch is that collapse comes sooner after every innovation, so more innovations are required to avoid collapse. The point that he neglects to discuss is if there is a metaphorical heart attack for cities, just as there are for humans.
When we apply this principle to the Climate Change hockey stick, we see that innovations will help us avoid tragedy, but only for awhile until we require yet another innovation. What happens if the More >
Thank you for making 350 Lahore a collaborative success!
01 year ago
PSN got together with Zimmedar Shehri for a clean up of Liberty area (all the waste collected was taken by the Waste Busters truck to the recycling facility), followed by a walk and coinciding with a cycle ride with Critical Mass Lahore from Punjab Institute of Mental Health to Liberty Chowk (its Mental Health Week!)
More pictures to come!
For us in Lahore, 350 was all about collaborative, meaningful action. We’d like to thank you all for helping us highlight the amazing work and meaningful action these local groups take. A very special thanks to Waste Busters, Critical Mass and Zimmedar Shehri for making our 10/10/10 Work Party amazing.
