Mubarak village is a Baloch settlement in Karachi. The village is 30 km away from Karachi city with a population of more than 10,000 people. There are seven major Baloch tribes including Muhammad Hasni, Sanghur, Sajdi, Kalmati (Hoth), Shae Madhi, Bezinjo and Kurd. Sarfraz Haroon is a head of village, who is son of Mama Haroon. Mama Haroon has been martyred by land mafia, while he was on his way from city to village. Baloch is against the land mafia. Mubarak village is Karachi’s second largest fisherman locality that does not have basic facilities including jetty, gas, health and education, despite the fact that it existed even before the British rule. These neglected Baloch fishermen, whose forefathers had been living here for nearly 200 years, lack all basic amenities. The village is still without any health care facilities. These neglected Baloch fishermen, whose forefathers had been living here for nearly 200 years, lack all basic amenities. The village is still without any health care facilities and the residents have demanded the setting up of a maternity home in the area. A dispensary was set up in the village in 1996, but it lacks proper medical facilities. Recently, a maternity home’s building was also constructed by defunct city district government. Despite persistent demand by the people, no medical officer has been appointed so far. Fishermen are facing a lot of problems, especially in unloading fish from boats, because there is no facility of a jetty in the area. Fishing boats are unable to sail in stormy weather and when there is a strong current in the sea. As a result of that, the fishermen had to suspend their activities, sometimes as long as for four months. In 2009, Sindh government had announced to develop Mubarak Village on modern lines and construction work was started there. The government installed electricity facilities, erected poles, started work on sewerage, education, healthcare and other projects of basic amenities in the area.. After fifty percent work of the projects, the government stopped development work aborting the model village plan without any justification Now in half of the area, poles, PMTs, electric wires, etc. are installed to supply power to residents while the rest is still awaiting the government s response to have infrastructure for basic amenities. The government had released funds to the concerned authorities for electrification of the village but power supply had not been started yet, which worried the entire community. Development of the basic infrastructure has also been left half completed which includes sewerage systems and construction of new roads in the area to boost communication links of the village with the rest of the city The government had also stopped process of leasing of the village after just 10 percent of residents were given lease documents to own their houses. There had been a dam construction project besides a harbor, which the government had announced, but both key projects could not begin. Fishermen demanded of the government to probe into the sudden halt of development work in the village and ascertain reasons that had brought the projects to a standstill.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:58:33 +0000
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