There are as many as 1,200 villages along the coastal belt of Sindh, stretching from Mubarak Village up to Lath Basti.
MUBARAK VILLAGE: A big majority of Karachi’s coastal area population is suffering from multiple diseases, mainly respiratory diseases and skin problems, owing to unhygienic conditions that prevail along the coastal belt and a lack of basic medical facilities. There are as many as 1,200 villages along the coastal belt of Sindh, stretching from Mubarak Village up to Lath Basti. Each village, comprising small huts, has a population of around 2,000 to 5,000. Although nearly all of these are decades-old villages, the authorities concerned are yet to come up with a comprehensive plan that could provide the fishermen population with proper health and education facilities or even ensure electrification of the villages.
There are three dispensaries meant for the residents of Hussaini Goth, Mubarak Village and Deh Allah Bano but all of them have been lying closed for years. It is requested that the residents of these villages is provided with basic amenities of life as soon as possible.
Sarfraz Haroon
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2015.
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