Mubarak village

Published October 22, 2014

THE Mubarak village is located along the shore of the Arabian Sea, 30km from Karachi. It has a population of more than 10,000 people.

It is Karachi’s second largest fisherman locality, but has no basic facilities such as jetty, gas, health and education.

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah had promised in 2009 to develop the village on modern lines. Construction work was started but later it stopped.

Almost 50pc development has been completed but, despite the availability of funds, work has been stopped for reasons better known to the government. Only 10pc residents have been issued lease documents.

The expansion of Mubarak village dam and construction of a harbour have also not been launched.

I demand the government to resume construction work on the incomplete projects.

Sarfraz Haroon

Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2014

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