ORANGI TOWN KARACHI BIOGRAPHY
Orangi Town. is a town in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town
to the east across the GUJJAR NALA stream,laiqatabad town to the south,
and site town to the west. The township is currently the largest slum
in South Asia, after surpassing the size of Dharavi in Mumbai, India, although while Orangi is approximately 22 square miles (57 km2) in Area, Dharavi is less than one square mile.making Orangi far less dense. Further, Orangi
comprises several new developed middle class areas and
housing-societies which are still considered slums for statistical
purposes because they lack the basic facilities that are provided to
most homes, although strictly speaking, they are not slums.
Contents
1. Demography2 .History3 .Development4. Geography5. Neighbourhoods of Orangi Town6. union councils
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1.Demography
There are several ethnic groups in Orangi Town including Muhajirs, Kashmiris, Pakhtuns, Balochis, etc. A significant population of these Muhajirs are Biharis who migrated from Bihar in india1947 and East Pakistan in 1971.
Over 99% of the population is Muslim and 75% of the population is Muhajir,
However local muslims are slowly being forced into these townships and
cliams are made to save face by the Pakistani govrnement. Orangi town
has a population of approximately 2.5 million although government
records report that it had 700,000 inhabitants. In last 15 years the Orangi Town's demography has substantially changed as Pakhtun fleeing the Taliban conflict in northern Pakistan have settled in this town in large numbers.in Orangi town
2.History
The population began to grow from 1965 onwards as a residential extension to the Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate
(SITE) Orangi became famous in the 1980s when local inhabitants became
frustrated at the lack of development in the area by the municipal
administration and launched the Orangi Pilot Project under the guidance of Akhtar Hameed Khan. The Orangi area was the largest squatter settlement in Karachi at the time, so the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) did not extend services to the Orangi
community. The first action of the project was to demand that the KMC
should install a sewerage system free of charge but this was refused
because K.M.C did not recognise Orangi. The population mostly comprises blue-collar worker (factory workers) including a substantial Rohingya Muslim refugee community mainly from Burma.The local community financed, designed and built their own low-cost sewerage system.The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
(K.M.C) refused to allow the sewer system to be connected to the
existing city sewers because of Orangi's unauthorised status. However,
KMC was forced to cooperate when the project attracted worldwide
attention and similar projects were set up in three squatter settlements
in the city of Sukkur in northern Sindh.The
federal government introduced local government reforms in the year
2000, which eliminated the previous third-tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts)
to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution
of the former Karachi Division and the merger of its five districts to
form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Orangi Town; a move which helped to better administer the area
3.Development
The City District Government has initiated the Shahrah-e-Orangi
project to rehabilitate the dilapidated road that connects the town
with other parts of the city. In addition, the K-III water supply
project will supply potable water to Orangi residents.
4.Geography
Orangi stretches out from the Khasa Hills, North Nazimabad and Paposh Nagar towards the northern parts of Karachi. The Khasa Hills forms a natural boundary between Orangi Town and North Nazimabad Town. The City District Government has constructed a road through the Khasa Hills connecting Orangi Town with North Nazimabad Town.
5.Neighbourhoods of Orangi Town
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- 4.Madina Colony Imam Colony Millat Colony
- 8.Muhammad Mustafa Colony
- 17.Last Two places are added by Nisar Ahmed
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