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Municipal Committee. Apart from that fish trade and port, the area also had fertile agricultural land that was irrigated by the Indus River every year, producing a variety of fruits including red rice, bananas, coconuts, melons and watermelons. Considering the importance of this port, the British government of that time implemented a basic system of customs office, navigation, monitoring and port taxation in Keti Bandar.
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five lakh mangroves in a single day in 2009 in Keti Bandar, after which this exercise has been repeated twice, resulting in improved growth of mangroves here. However, a large area including Kharo Chan has been swallowed up by the sea; a wall was built to stop the advance of the sea, but it could not protect the city.
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The inflow of river water decreased and the agricultural lands became depopulated and the financial condition of the people weakened. Abdul Haq says that the situation was a little better till 1992, but when the river water did not come, the underground sea water moved forward and made drinking water
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also used to send goods thence. This Port played an important role in the economy of Sindh. Mr. Hudson, the then
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Anthropologist Abdul Haq Chang says that the mangroves have decreased due to lack of river water, which prevents the sea from moving forward and weakens the storm waves, so local fishermen call these mangroves the soldiers of the sea. The Sindh government had set a world record by planting more than
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was constructed in 1932, the inflow of river water decreased, which affected its agriculture and the Keti Bandar lost its glory. The trade and management of Keti Bandar was with the Hindu community, according to a WWF report, after the creation of
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modern city of Keti Bandar, located two kilometers away, was built. It was also spared by a storm in 1941, but the storm of 1999 caused great loss of life and property in the area and the surrounding area. There were chances but this storm moved towards Indian
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