But the calm of Bundle Island, home to a few camels, is at risk, with Prime Minister Imran Khan determined to turn it into an enormous real-estate project to ease pressure on the expanding megacity home to 20 million people. “Let nature restore itself and [do] not dream of these big, grand cities,” said Mahera Omar, an environmental film-maker from Karachi who enjoys kayaking around Bundle and meandering through the island’s mangroves. Bundle Island floods during particularly high tides, so any construction would also require environmentally damaging reclamation work that could have knock-on effects for Karachi, Belgaumi added. Bundle Island, located in the Arabian Sea, is uninhabited except for a few camels and other creatures. Rab Nawaz, a senior program director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said the development of Bundle Island would trigger an “environmental disaster.”“Bundle is a nesting ground for turtles, dolphins.

Source: Pakistan Today November 23, 2020 06:32 UTC