Thread on Naya Nazimabad. One boundary wall up against a ridge. Rainwater would have flowed down in torrents. They built a wall on the natural nullah to expand. You can see the terrain. Wall interrupted natural drainage

It kept flooding but they never fixed it. Now army evacuating people. Gated communities are great—unless stock brokers build them.

Naya Nazimabad has refused to compensate people for losses. They need to be sued. They blame nature but with proper drainage it would not have been so bad. This man has lost everything... watch the video

UPDATE on Naya Nazimabad: The army is digging and pumping water out to the Manghopir stormwater drain but they have been told it will take 2 months. Arif Habib, his son flatly refused to discuss compensation, said natural disaster. But they never built drains

Update on Naya Nazimabad: They built a wall on a drain. When the waters came the people on other side of the wall broke it down because it was flooding their homes. NN guards could not stop it. NN built around Manghopir lake which was reduced. You messed with the entire landscape