Orangi Town
اُورنگی ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Orangi Town was split into 13 Union Councils
Orangi Town was split into 13 Union Councils
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
13
Area
 • Total60 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total520,195
Postal code
75800

Orangi Town (Urdu: اُورنگی ٹاؤن) is a residential town in the northwestern part of Karachi, Pakistan. Named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi, Orangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Orangi Town was re-organized as part of Orangi District formerly Karachi West District in 2015.

Native

After independence of East Pakistan more than 170000 Bihari Muslims were migrated to West Pakistan during 1971 to 1990, most of them were settled in Orangi Town of Karachi. Bihari Muslims are the main origin of ethnic group of Muhajir in Pakistan. Majority of population in Orangi Town is Muhajir. Minor ethnic groups Pashtuns & Hazarewals are also present is some parts of the town.

Location

Orangi Town was bordered by New Karachi Town to the north east across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Baldia Town to the west, Hub Chowki to the north west, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujjar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south east, and SITE Town to the south. It also linked to Northern Bypass M-10 through Shahrah-e-Qaddafi. There were 13 residential neighborhoods, called union councils within Orangi Town.[1]

History

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.[2] 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.[3] The local community financed, designed and built their own low-cost sewerage system.[4]

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Kemari Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Kemari Town was re-organized as part of Karachi West district.[citation needed]

Localities within Orangi Town

Bacha Khan Flyover (Banaras flyover)

The Bacha Khan Flyover (Banaras flyover) in Orangi Town is a 2.5 km-long flyover built in 2009. Bacha Khan Flyover was built to prevent ethnic violence among two groups and to protect one from the other.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Orangi Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ Imdad Hussain (15 March 2014). "Remembering Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan". Pakistan Today (newspaper). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ^ Hasan, Arif (1999) Akhtar Hameed Khan and the Orangi Pilot Project. City Press, Karachi. ISBN 969-8380-20-5
  4. ^ "ORANGI PILOT PROJECT". web.mit.edu.
  5. ^ "What's in a name? Everything, says this neighbourhood for new Banaras flyover". The Express Tribune. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ Khalid, Bilal (27 April 2023). "Flying over Karachi's traffic issues". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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