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Gadani
Gadani ( ur, ) is a coastal town of Hub District located in the southern part of Balochistan along the Arabian Sea, Pakistan. and is just a 1-hour drive away from Karachi. The population of Gadani was estimated to be around 10,000 in 2005. More than 97% of the population is Muslim with a small Hindu minority. The majority of the population speaks Balochi, Brahui languages and there is a small Lasi speaking minority. They belong to the Sanghur, Kurd, Sajdi, Muhammad Hasni, Gurginari and Bezinjo tribes. Many prehistoric shell-midden sites were discovered along the shores of a small bay, near Gadani. They are characterized of heaps of fragments of marine and mangrove shells among which are flint and jasper tools and stone querns. The first radiocarbon dates obtained from these middens indicate they result from the activity of people who settled along the coast both during the seventh and the fifth millennium before present. Gadani Power Project Gadani Power Project (also kno ...
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Gadani Ship Breaking (2016)
Gadani ( ur, ) is a coastal town of Hub District located in the southern part of Balochistan along the Arabian Sea, Pakistan. and is just a 1-hour drive away from Karachi. The population of Gadani was estimated to be around 10,000 in 2005. More than 97% of the population is Muslim with a small Hindu minority. The majority of the population speaks Balochi, Brahui languages and there is a small Lasi speaking minority. They belong to the Sanghur, Kurd, Sajdi, Muhammad Hasni, Gurginari and Bezinjo tribes. Many prehistoric shell-midden sites were discovered along the shores of a small bay, near Gadani. They are characterized of heaps of fragments of marine and mangrove shells among which are flint and jasper tools and stone querns. The first radiocarbon dates obtained from these middens indicate they result from the activity of people who settled along the coast both during the seventh and the fifth millennium before present. Gadani Power Project Gadani Power Project (also known ...
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Gadani Ship Breaking Yard
Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard located across a long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots."Record 107 ships dismantled at Gaddani" by Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana, ''Dawn'', 29 June 2010 (http://archives.dawn.com/archives/business/2010-06-29.html) It is located about northwest of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers. More than one million tons of steel is salvaged per year, and much of it is sold domestically. In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, a recor ...
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Gadani Ship-breaking Yard
Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard located across a long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots."Record 107 ships dismantled at Gaddani" by Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana, ''Dawn'', 29 June 2010 (http://archives.dawn.com/archives/business/2010-06-29.html) It is located about northwest of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers. More than one million tons of steel is salvaged per year, and much of it is sold domestically. In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, a rec ...
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Gadani Beach
Gadani Beach is a beach on the Arabian Sea located near the Hub River and Ras Muari, Cape Monze in Gadani, Hub District, Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, Pakistan. Gadani Beach is the location of Gadani Ship Breaking Yard, Gadani ship-breaking yard, which is one of the world's largest ship-breaking yards. Gallery File:Clear waters.jpg File:Gadani Beach Top View, Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan.jpg File:Gadani Beach, Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan.jpg File:Gadani beach.jpg References External links Ships to be broken at Gadani, 2000
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Gadani Power Project
The Gadani Power Project (also known as Pakistan Power Park) was a proposed energy complex in Gadani, Balochistan, Pakistan, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. In August 2013, the Pakistani government announced the establishment of ten coal power plants with a total capacity of 6,600 MW, with technical and financial assistance mostly from China. China would provide funds to cover 85% of the project cost, while the rest of the finances would be arranged by the government of Pakistan. The total cost of the project was PKR 144.6 billion. Ten 660 MW coal-based power plants at Gadani Energy Park were to be constructed; China agreed to invest in six projects, two would be constructed by ANC Dubai, and one project was to be initiated by the government of Pakistan. Turkey's Ciner Group also agreed to start work on a 660 MW coal power plant at Gadani Gadani ( ur, ) is a coastal town of Hub District located in the southern part of Balochistan along the Arabian Sea, Pakistan. ...
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Ship Breaking
Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. Modern ships have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render them uneconomical to operate. Ship-breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steelmaking process. Fixtures and other equipment on board the vessels can also be reused. While ship-breaking is sustainable, there are concerns about the use by poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is also labour-intensive, and considered one of the world's most dangerous industries. In 2012, roughly 1,250 ocean ships were broken down, and their average age was ...
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Alang Ship Breaking Yard
The Alang Ship Breaking Yard is claimed to be the world's largest ship breaking yard, responsible for dismantling a significant number of retired freight and cargo ships salvaged around the world. It is located on the Gulf of Khambhat in the town of Alang, which is located in the district of Bhavnagar district, Bhavnagar in the state of Gujarat in India. Since its establishment in 1983, the shipyard is believed to have acquired a total of 110.6 billion in aggregate value United States dollar, US dollars, including total assets. Its growth has prompted its extension north-east towards Sosiya in Gujarat, and it is now often referred to as the Alang-Sosiya Yard. Competition Other large facilities on the scale of Alang Ship Breaking Yard include the Aliağa Ship Breaking Yard (Turkey), Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard (Bangladesh) and Gadani ship-breaking yard (Pakistan). In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship breaking yard. However, competition from newly established yards such as ...
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Gadani Fish Harbour
Gadani Fish Harbour is a fish harbour located in Gadani, the Hub District of Balochistan Province, southern Pakistan. See also * List of fish harbours of Pakistan * Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority * Fisheries Research and Training Institute The Fisheries Research and Training Institute ( ur, ) is a research institution in Lahore, Pakistan. with work centring on inland fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the cont ..., Lahore Pakistan References External links Four fish harbours planned - DAWN.comSindh Coastal and Inland Community Development ProjectA brief on Fisheries in Pakistan Fish harbours of Pakistan Lasbela District Economy of Balochistan, Pakistan {{port-stub ...
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Hub District
Hub District ( Balochi , ur, ), is a coastal administrative district of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Hub District is created after bifurcating Lasbela District in 2022. Sardar Muhammad Saleh Bhootani confirmed that the creation of Hub District is a long-standing demand of the people of PB-49 constituency. MNA Muhammad Aslam Bhootani has thanked Chief Minister Bizenjo for approving the creation of this district. Administrative divisions It contains the following Tehsils: * Hub * Sonmiani * Gaddani * Sakran * Dureji The district of Hub is administratively divided in five tehsils. Union Councils are given below: # # # # # # # # * * * # # Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 339,640, of which 177,565 were males and 162,070 females. Rural population was 111,768 (32.91%) while the urban population was 227,872 (67.09%). The literacy rate was 35.90% - the male literacy rate was 45.37% while the female literacy rate was ...
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Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab to the north-east and Sindh to the south-east. It shares International borders with Iran to the west and Afghanistan to the north; It is also bound by the Arabian Sea to the south. Balochistan is an extensive plateau of rough terrain divided into basins by ranges of sufficient heights and ruggedness. It has the world's largest deep sea port, The Port of Gwadar lying in the Arabian Sea. Balochistan shares borders with Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the northeast, Sindh to the east and southeast, the Arabian Sea to the south, Iran ( Sistan and Baluchestan) to the west and Afghanistan (Helmand, Nimruz, Kandahar, Paktika and Zabul Provinces) to the north and northwe ...
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Beachfront
A shore or a shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore, representing the intertidal zone where there is one. In contrast to a coast, a shore can border any body of water, while the coast must border an ocean or a sea. Therefore, in that sense, a coast is a type of shore. However, the word "coast" often refers to an area far wider than the shore, often stretching miles into the interior. Shores are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by water induced erosion, such as waves. The geological composition of rock and soil dictates the type of shore which is created. Rivieras ''Riviera'' is an Italian word for "shoreline", ultimately derived from Latin ''ripa'' ("riverbank"). It came to be applied as a proper ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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