FEEDBACK TO: Reba Shahid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Computer graveyards in Karachi/ Reba ki Diary: Karachi ki 'Computer breaking industry'
Technological innovation has ushered forth an age of gadgets and a race to get the latest, fastest, sleekest computer. This in turn has reduced the life span PCs, which are routinely dumped at various Asian/Third World countries. One such destination for these discarded computers happens to be the industrial area of Sher Shah in Karachi, where they are taken apart by laborers (some under-age), hired on a daily wage, without any protective gear and unheedful of environmental and health hazards of this hi-tech waste. This article, by Reba Shahid for BBCUrdu.com, focuses on the computer graveyards of SherShah, Karachi where computer are taken apart to yield metals like silver, copper and gold used in the computer circuits and other hardware components. Read the complete article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/science/story/2007/03/070304_reba_diary_zs.shtml [Text is in Urdu] -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com What bloggers are saying about Goa: http://planet.goa-india.org/
