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Orangi Town is a small densely populated town in the northwestern part of Karachi, bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and SITE Town to the west. The population of Orangi Town was estimated to be more than 720,000 at the 1998 census. Orangi is overwhelmingly comprising Urdu speaking habitants whose ancestors mainly hailed from Bihar. However, there are several other ethnic groups including Pakhtuns, Sindhis, Balochs, Begnalis, Punjabis and Seraikis. A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Deputy Mayor of a community is the number two official to the mayor. ... Union Council Union Council is a sub part of a district, usually it is a large village also including the nearby small villages. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Karachi (Urdu: ÙƒØ±Ø§Ú†Ù‰, Sindhi: ÚªØ±Ø§Ú†ÙŠ) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan, sometimes known as the City of Lights and the City of Quaid (Ø´ÛØ±Ù Ù‚Ø§Ø¦Ø¯), after Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. ... New Karachi Town is a small densely populated town in the northern part of Karachi, located between the Lyari River, the Manghopir Hills and two major roads - Surjani Road to the north and Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain to the south. ... Gulberg town is one of the different adminsitartive divisions of the city government of Karachi. ... Liaquatabad Town is one of the towns in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Sindh Industrial Trading Estate SITE Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Muhajir or Mohajir is essentially an ethnic group within Pakistan. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Pashtuns (also Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns; Pashto: Ù¾ÚšØªÙˆÙ† , Persian: Ù¾Ø®ØªÙˆÙ† Paxtun, Urdu: Ù¾Ø´ØªÙˆÙ† PashtÅ«n), or Pathans (Urdu: Ù¾Ù¹Ú¾Ø§Ù†, Hindi: à¤ªà¤ à¤¾à¤¨ ) and or ethnic Afghans[13] are an ethno-linguistic group primarily in the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan and in eastern and southern Afghanistan. ... Sindhis (à¤¸à¤¿à¤¨à¥à¤§à¥€, Ø³Ù†ÚŒÙŠ) are an Indo-Aryan language speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating in Sindh which is part of present day Pakistan. ... The Baloch (Persian: Ø¨Ù„ÙˆÚ† alternative transliterations Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush et al. ... The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between India and Bangladesh) in Indian subcontinent with a history going back more than two millennia. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The Seraikis (also spelt as Saraikis) are a people in the southern areas of Pakistani Punjab. ...

History

Orangi is a Sanskrit word, which means "high", "peak" or "acme". Established in early 1970s, Orangi became famous in the 1980's 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 Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan. The Orangi area was the largest squatter settlement in Karachi at the time, so the city corporation did not extend services to the Orangi community. The first action of the project was to demand that the city corporation should install a sewerage sysytem free of charge but this was refused because the government did not recognise Orangi. The population mostly comprises of Blue-collar workers. Sanskrit ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... The Orangi Pilot Project refers to a project carried out in the slum areas of Orangi, Karachi, Pakistan. ... Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-99) was a development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering farmers cooperatives, rural training programmes, and Microcredit and Microfinance initiatives in developing countries. ... Karachi (Urdu: ÙƒØ±Ø§Ú†Ù‰, Sindhi: ÚªØ±Ø§Ú†ÙŠ) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan, sometimes known as the City of Lights and the City of Quaid (Ø´ÛØ±Ù Ù‚Ø§Ø¦Ø¯), after Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. ... A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. ...

In response to this, the local community designed their own low-cost sewerage system, financed and constructed entirely by the local community. The government refused to allow the sewer system to be connected to the existing city sewers because of Orangi's unauthorised status. However, the government 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. Sukkur (Urdu: Ø³Ú©Ú¾Ø±, Sindhi:Ø³Ú©Ø±) is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River (Pakistan) in Sukkur District. ... Sindh (SindhÄ«: Ø³Ù†ÚŒ, UrdÅ«: Ø³Ù†Ø¯Ú¾) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, and Muhajirs and various other groups. ...

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 it's five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Orangi Town. This article is about the year 2000. ... Here is a list of all of the districts of Pakistan as of 2003. ...

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.

Orangi stretches out from the Qasba Hill, North Nazimabad and Paposh Nagar towards the northern parts of Karachi. Public buses and coaches run from Banaras through 5 numbered chowks towards the Orangi Sectors 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 till Gulshan-e-Bihar (Orangi Sector 16). There are markets in Sectors 8, 11 1/2 and 14 (Disco Chowk).

Neighbourhoods of Orangi Town

Baloch Goth is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Bilal Colony is one of the neighborhoods of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Chisti Nagar is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Data Nagar is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Ghabool Town is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Ghaziabad is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Hanifabad is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Haryana Colony is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Iqbal Baloch Colony is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Madina Colony is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Mohammad Nagar is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Mominabad is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Mujahidabad is one of the neighborhoods of Orangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...

Orangi Pilot Project

See also

The Orangi Pilot Project refers to a project carried out in the slum areas of Orangi, Karachi, Pakistan. ... City District Government were introduced in 2000 by Pakistans President Pervez Musharraf. ... Karachi (Urdu: ÙƒØ±Ø§Ú†Ù‰, Sindhi: ÚªØ±Ø§Ú†ÙŠ) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the most populated city in Pakistan, sometimes known as the City of Lights and the City of Quaid (Ø´ÛØ±Ù Ù‚Ø§Ø¦Ø¯), after Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. ...

External links

Category: Towns in Karachi Image File history File links KarachiEmblem. ... Karachi City is a federation of eighteen autonomous towns, formed in 2001 as the latest stage of a developing system of local government. ... Image File history File links Sindh_flag. ... Baldia Town is a town located in the western part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan with a population of more than 400,000 at the 1998 census. ... Bin Qasim Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Gadap Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Gulberg Town (Urdu: Ú¯Ù„Ø¨Ø±Ú¯ ) is one of the towns in northern Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Gulshan Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Jamshed Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Kiamari Town (also spelt Keamari and Kemari) is the main coastal town of Karachi, located in the central and western parts of the city, including the Port of Karachi and an extensive coastline with sandy beaches, small islands and mangrove forests. ... Korangi is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Landhi Town is a large industrial town in the eastern part of Karachi, Pakistan. ... Liaquatabad Town is one of the towns in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Lyari Town is a town in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Malir Town is a small densely populated town in the eastern part of Karachi, with Jinnah International Airport and the Malir Cantonment to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and Gadap Town to the east across the Thado Nallo stream. ... New Karachi Town is a small densely populated town in the northern part of Karachi, located between the Lyari River, the Manghopir Hills and two major roads - Surjani Road to the north and Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain to the south. ... North Nazimabad Town is one of the neighborhoods of North Nazimabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Saddar is one of the neighborhoods of Saddar Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Shah Faisal Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ... Sindh Industrial Trading Estate SITE Town is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...

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