Comparing The Levels Of Sanitation In Karachi And Melbourne

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Karachi and Melbourne being two different cities have different levels of sanitation. Karachi being part of a third world that has abominable quality of water and sanitation. Contrary to Karachi, Melbourne being part of a first world country that has commendable water quality and prodigious sanitation. From gathering knowledge, it depicts that they have some similarities commonly shared, one being that they both have designated areas for the citizens to defecate, which highly decreases any chance of bacteria/sickness spreading that could occur when people leave their faeces/urine behind. Although both have places designated for people to defecate, Karachi is faced with poor quality of drinking water and inadequate sanitation coverage, adversely

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