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“... and it is a great example of a settlement set up by the people themself.”
ORANGI TOWN is the largest slum in Asia located in the periphery of city of Karachi, the main city of Pakistan.
Household size is 8 people and lives in a two-room dwelling with de-facto security of tenure. NGOs and govt. putting up a good picture, ground facts differ
13 union councils on the western fringes of Kara-chi is home to 7,23694 people, with 3,30386 registered voters Several ethnic groups in Orangi Town
including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis,Pakhtuns, Balochis,
• Criminal groups are competing with residents to take control of areas that are officially unclaimed• With technical guidance from the OPP, Mr. Ahmad says hundreds of homes in several villages now have indoor plumbing, at a fraction of the cost it would have taken the provincial government to complete.• Ethnic issues- one group against the other• 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• The local community financed, designed and built their own low-cost sewerage system• Lots of tobacco usage by women in the town. The overall prevalence rate of tobac-co use among women was found to be at 65 per cent.• Supply of clean tap water in many dwell-ings still remains a problem.• One general hospital, which also lacks adequate staff and medicines.• Choked gutters and sewerage lines. Dirty water often remains stagnant in front of main entrances of various houses,• 77% of women have been victims of rape attacks in the past 3 years
SMALL BUSINESSES
• Includes: Fishermen, vegetable and fruit sellers, meat sellers, cooked food sellers, booming cottage industry, small IT and repair businesses etc• Traditionally women in the locality have played a crucial role in increasing their family’s income through small business enterprises.• There is no special help from the gov-ernment to these businesses.• Businesses looking for a Grameen Bank model.
NGOS & SOCIAL SECTOR
• Includes: Orangi Pilot Project (OPP), supporting NGOs, Asian Development Bank, foreign aid, KAIRP, social workers• Workers have become the target of the criminal gangs and syndi-cates that plague Karachi• OPP began mapping Orangi in the 1980s –before that no maps showing the layout of the streets.• OPP’s strategy – providing techni-cal help and promoting the financ-ing of projects by residents them-selves• Social workers killed and under threat• Opp Together with 20 partner NGOs and a number of govern-ment organizations, the expansion of work continues.• Presenting a good picture of the place so that donors can be pleased and they can qualify for more funds.
• High percentage of unemployment and even those who have low-paid jobs have to travel long distances to eke out a living• People working in schools are not organized and take facilities for granted
GOVERNMENT/ MUNICIPAL/ KMC
• The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) refused to allow the sewer system to be connected to the existing city sewers because of Orangi's unautho-rised status.• The City District Government under Naimatullah Khan has initiated the Shahrah-e-Orangi project to rehabilitate the dilapidated road that connects the town with other parts of the city• The K-III water supply project will supply potable water to Orangi residents.• Town emerged in the 1970s when the government initiated a resettlement programme for Pakistanis who had migrated to this part of the country after the emergence of Bangladesh• Development work in this town suffered owing to lack of interest as well as polarization between town nazim and provincial government and there were accusations of an obstructive approach• Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro laid the foundation stone of a single-section high school at Baloch Goth, Orangi Town• Government says a lot before elections but does nothing of that scale• Encroachment issues• One of the main concerns for them is what to legal-ize and what not to? How to discourage land mafia
LAND MAFIA
• This may include people from various political parties especially MQM, influen-tial people in the city, bureaucrats, gov-ernment officials and many other• Once the land is under their control, the criminal groups – known as “land mafia” – push to have it legalized so they can divide it and sell it for profit. The OPP has documented these sales, showing that most of the hundreds of thousands of newly-legalized plots sold in Karachi bene-fit the land mafia.
No government support for small and medium enter-prises
No Protection for women from assault and rape
Ethnic and religious groups have issues coexisting. Riots and murders
Locals can’t claim resourc-es and rights due to illegal status of town
Cottage industry is a booming sector and women are a major participant, however, women still dont have have equal status or rights
Declared resettle-ment place by the government for people moving from Bangladesh but never fully legalized the settlement
NGOs and govern-ment presents a good picture of the town, giving out pictures of their proj-ects and new develop-ments but not the true picture
Land mafia is run by the influential people of the city and country. They have connections in government. No one can stop them or put a hand on them. STAKEHOLDER OVERVIEW
The questions remain, despite being the second largest town in one of the biggest cities of Pakistan; will Orangi Town get a legal status? Does the slum have the potential of becoming a thriving middle class settlement? Will the booming cottage industry pave its way into the national and international market? The town that was made by the people for the people become an example of a place where the local community takes up responsibility of changing things for their own good?