Mekran coast, from Karachi to its western most point of Jiwani, is a 760 km of economic potential - all the way.
Mekran is yet to have a reliable wind map.
So if generating power from wind is not immediately possible or not economically worthwhile in parts of Mekran, its use for drawing water from deep wells is possible in catchment areas of almost every perennial stream or nullah as also in the catchment areas of streams which receive only occasional rains.
In 1945 when there was an earthquake off the Mekran coast which resulted in thousands of deaths from the subsequent tidal waves, or tsusami as they would now be called.
A major Indian Ocean-wide tsunami was generated by this earthquake which struck the coast of India and was recorded as far as the Seychelles.
You are reading The 1945 Mekran Earthquake, an entry made on May 5, 2007, filed under Trips.
Although the game between Karachi ‘A’ and Mekran, was nothing but a one-sided affair, hat tricks by Wasif and Ishtiaq were the feature of the day.
The unstoppable Wasif was on the rampage soon after restart as he tore Mekran defence apart and sounded the backboards four times in the 37th, 38th, 42nd and 43rd minutes to complete his hat trick.
The goals did not stop coming from Karachi ‘A’ who blasted hapless Mekran to smithereens with Imran Khan finding the net in the 56th and 60th minute and then Ishtiaq chipping in with another in the 62nd minute.
NOTE 1.—Though M. Pauthier has imagined objections there is no room for doubt that Kesmacoran is the province of Mekran, known habitually all over the East as Kij-Makran, from the combination with the name of the country of that of its chief town, just as we lately met with a converse combination in Konkan-tana.
The argument that Mekran was not a province of India only amounts to saying that Polo has made a mistake.
Chach, the last Hindu king of Sind but one, is related to have marched through Mekran to a river which formed the limit between Mekran and Kerman.
With scanty rainfall that sustains little agriculture, the inhabitants of Mekran have largely depended on trade from the Iranian border, the nearest point where basic human necessities can be found.
The 30,000 square-kilometre Chaghai-Noshki belt in the northwest is equally barren, dry and remote and faces the same dilemma as Mekran because it too draws sustenance from Taftan, a trading town on the Iranian border.
A large number of people in both Mekran and Chaghai have been using non-custom-paid Iranian pickups and motorbikes which are inevitably grounded due to the FC’s demand for registration.
In 1945 when there was an earthquake off the Mekran coast which resulted in thousands of deaths from the subsequent tidal waves, or tsusami as they would now be called.
Peter and I had been planning to do something venturesome with the leave that we were due - a personal expedition westward along the sparsely inhabited Mekran coast of Las Bela State, Baluchistan � but had abandoned the notion being unable to organise the necessary camels.
We had decided instead to explore creeks of the Delta in Herman, the sailing dinghy that the station had somehow accumulated.
Planet Field Hockey.com - Pakistan: Karachi'A' bury Mekran in goal avalanche(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Although the game between Karachi 'A' and Mekran, was nothing but a one-sided affair, hat tricks by Wasif and Ishtiaq were the feature of the day.
The unstoppable Wasif was on the rampage soon after restart as he tore Mekran defence apart and sounded the backboards four times in the 37th, 38th, 42nd and 43rd minutes to complete his hat trick.
The goals did not stop coming from Karachi 'A' who blasted hapless Mekran to smithereens with Imran Khan finding the net in the 56th and 60th minute and then Ishtiaq chipping in with another in the 62nd minute.
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What is Mekran pipes housing and building products?
Mekran pipes is the manufacturer of cemented sewerage pipes, cemented collar pipes, cemented blocks, lanters, main holes, footh path bricks and fancy bricks.
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