Ormara

To

Jivni

Detailed Report:

Sardar Taimur Hyat-Khan

Bioenvironmental Consultant
 P.A.R.C.

Landsat Image 2000

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Ancient History: Two ancient Harappan era settlements have been found at Sutkagen
dor (on Dasht River) and Sokhta Koh (astride Shadi River). The coastal sites are evidence
of trade between Harappan and Sumerian cities as well as those of the Persian Gulf
region, possibly from around 3000 BCE.
General: The study area is classified as “Sub Tropical Coast Line” or “Arid Marine
Region of Pakistan” (Ahmad 1964). Ahmad refers to this area’s climate as “Arid Marine
Sub Tropical Coast Lands” sub divided as “Makran and Lasbella Coasts”. Koppen’s
(1918, 1936) World Climate classification is BWhw or “Hot Desert Climate”. According
to Holdridge (1947) it is “Tropical Desert Bush Formation”.
Gwadar is at 0-300 meters above sea level, is dry arid hot. The oceanic influence keeps
the temperature lower than that in the interior in summer and higher in winter. The mean
temperature in the hottest month (June) remains between 31°C and 32°. The mean
temperature in the coolest month (January) varies from 18°C to 19°C. The uniformity of
temperature is a unique characteristic of the coastal region in Balochistan. Occasionally,
winds moving down the Balochistan plateau bring brief cold spells, otherwise the winter
is pleasant. In Gwadar, winter is shorter than summer. Although Gwadar is not a
monsoon region it still receives light monsoon showers coming from Karachi. But in
winter, Western Disturbance can cause heavy Showers. Annual rainfall is only 100mm (3
inches).
According to Tasnif and Snead (1964), Snead (1966) and Snead and Tasnif
(1966) the Coastal vegetation of Lasbella is divided into six major land-form types
identifiable from plant indicators as follows:
1. Low Dry Alluvial Plains: Capparis decidua (commonly known as kerda,
kair, karir, kirir, karril, etc.) and Salvadora persica (Salt Bush, Toothbrush, Pilu/
Root bark is a tonic, stimulant and emmenagogue and used to relieve splenalgia.
The stem bark is good for gastropathy. Leaves are antiscorbutic, diuretic,
anthelmintic, astringent, expectorant and tonic. They are useful in asthma,
bronchitis, cough, strangury, painful tumors, constipation, verminosis and
haemorrhoids. Shoots and leaves are bitter and used in all types of poisons, cough
and bronchitis. Fruits are sweet, acrid, bitter, thermogenic, aphrodisiac, emollient,
stomachic, purgative and digestive. They are useful in constipation, flatulence and
seminal weakness. Tender twigs are used as toothbrush. The extract of the root is
said to relive the pain due to spleen troubles. Seed oil is applied on the skin in
rheumatism).

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 2. Riverine Tract: Tamarix aphylla (Salt cedar plants are spreading shrubs
or small trees, 5-20 feet tall, with numerous slender branches and small, alternate,
scale-like leaves. The pale, pink to white flowers are small, perfect and regular,
and arranged in spike-like racemes. The distinct petals and sepals occur in fours
or fives. The fruit is a capsule (Hitchcock and Cronquist 1961). Tamarix dioica
(Ghaz, Khagal. As a herbal medicine it is used as a carminative, diuretic and for
the treatment of hepatic and splenic inflammation. From the present study it is
concluded that the crude extract of Tamarix dioica tree is significantly effective
against two micro organisms (M. canis and A. flavis) and moderately effective
against one micro organism (F. solani). Further studies arerequired to confirm its
effectiveness as a topical antifungal agent.2) and Tamarix troupii (Tamarix
indica) (A tall shrub or small sized tree, 2-6 (-8) m tall with reddish-brown bark,
glabrous. Leaves pseudovaginate, sessile, ovate with deltoid base, amplexicaul or
auriculate, younger imbricate, acute, 1-2 mm long, without coherent margins.
Recemes both vernal and aestival (vernal usually simple, aestival, densely
compound) 3-12 (-15) cm long, 3-4 (-5) mm broad. Rachis, minutely papillose or
entirely glabrous. Bract triangular, acuminate, somewhat irregularly denticulate at
the margin, sometimes slightly keeled, c. 1 mm long, pedicel shorter than bract, c.
0.5 mm long. Sepals 5, fused at the base, inner somewhat broader than the outer,
outer more acute, ovate or trullate-ovate to somewhat orbicular, deeply
denticulate at the apex, margin somewhat membranous, 0.75-1 mm long, c. 0.5
mm broad. Petals 5, free, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, obtuse 1-2 mm long, 0.75-1
mm broad. Stamens 5, filaments filiform, inserted in between the 10 lobes of the
mesodiscine disc, insertion perihypodiscal, anthers somewhat unequal, apiculate.
Styles 3, clavate, ovary somewhat bottle-shaped, trigonous, truncate at top.
Capsule c. 6 mm long, conical, triangular3).

Tamarix aphylla, Tamarix dioica

3. Rocky Upland Pleistocene Hills: Commiphora mukul (C. Wightii)

(Guggul, a resin from the guggul tree, has been used for centuries in India to treat
a range of disorders. This resin has been used as part of India's traditional
medicine called Ayurveda/ For years, it has been used for the treatment of
arthritis).
• Modern research also found that guggul can also prevent heart attacks.
• It's active components, Z-guggulsterone and E-guggulsterone, have an
ability to lower both cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Specifically,
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ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TAMARIX DIOICA — ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TAMARIX DIOICA — ANTIFUNGAL
ACTIVITY OF TAMARIX DIOICA — ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TAMARIX DIOICA — ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF
TAMARIX DIOICA —
Saifullah Khan , Gul Majid Khan , Abdur Rahman , Farid Khan ,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Gomal University and Gomal Medical College D.I. Khan, Pakistan.
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 gugulipid lowers VLDL and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides while
simultaneously raising HDL cholesterol. This indicates Guggul's primary
use for providing a protective effective against atherosclerosis. These
effects are due to guggul's action on the liver and thyroid. The thyroid is
stimulated to increase the body's metabolic rate, and the liver is stimulated
to metabolize LDL cholesterol, effectively lowering the amount in the
bloodstream.
• Guggulsterones were also reported to have pronounced antioxidant
activity, by protecting the important free radical scavenger enzyme SOD
(superoxide dismutase), and keeping it in higher levels. SOD protects the
heart by scavenging the destructive superoxide radicals and preventing
oxidative damage to the heart muscle.
• Also, various studies indicate guggul gum produced a marked reversal of
the metabolic changes occurring in people with reduced blood supply
to the heart (ischemia)),

Euphorbia caducifolia (A new 31-norcycloartane type triterpene,

cyclocaducinol, has been isolated from the latex of Euphorbia caducifolia. Its
absolute structure was determined as (24R)-24-ethyl-31-norcycloart-20-en-3β-ol
by the use of chemical and spectroscopic methods including 2D NMR. The
known triterpenes euphol, tirucallol and cycloartenol have also been isolated as
major constituents4

4. Saline Coastal Flats: Chenopods: Suaeda fruticos (Hypoglycemic effect5,

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Cyclocaducinol, a cycloartane type triterpene from Euphorbia caducifolia
Nighat Afza, Abdul Qasim Khan, Abdul Malik, and Yasmeen Badar
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Hypoglycemic effect of Suaeda fruticosa in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
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 Salsola baryosma: Large, excessively branched, pale, hoary shrub, 90-120 cm
tall which grows on common saline soils. It is a vermifuge and the ash is
applied to itches. Several alkaloids and sterols have been isolated. The
aqueous and the EToAc plant extracts show antioxidant and tyrosinase
inhibitory activities6.

Haloxylon salicornicum and other halophytes.

Haloxylon salicornicum is a desert plant that contains several alkaloids. From

the aerial parts a new piperidyl alkaloid, haloxynine, was isolated and
characterized on the basis of mass spectrometry, 1H and 13C NMR. A
GLC/MS analysis revealed the presence of 17 additional known alkaloids of
which piperidine, halosaline, anabasine, hordenine, N-methyltyramine,
haloxine and aldotripiperideine had been previously reported in this genus.
Among the 18 identified alkaloids, ten alkaloids were recorded for the first
time from this plant and the genus Haloxylon. Haloxynine, halosaline,
haloxine, anabasine, and smipine figure as major alkaloids with a relative
abundance of more than 5% of total alkaloids. Some of these alkaloids are
known be strong agonists at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and it is thus
likely that they serve as chemical defence compounds against insects and
mammalian herbivores.7

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Pharmacological Screening of Salsola baryosma M I Chaudhry 2006

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Alkaloids of Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss. (Chenopodiaceae)
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 5. Sand Dunes: Ipomoea pes-caprae: (Beach Morning Glory or Goat's Foot
(Ipomoea pes-caprae) is a common tropical creeping vine belonging to the
family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures
salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt
tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic
dispersal. Its seeds float and are unaffected by salt water).

Heliotropium tuberculosum: The var. tuberculosum, although generally with

narrower leaves, may in some cases exhibit leaves up to 10 mm broad (A.
Rahman 25721; Sultanul Abedin 4251). From specimens seen of
(Heliotropium tuberculosum), it appears that this taxon frequents coastal areas
and is characterised by its short twisted stems and branches and small leaves.
Insect galls are frequent on the branches. It is doubtful if the corky or
membranous back of the nutlets (Jafri, 1966, p. 281) is of any taxonomic
value8.
Aerva persica (A. javnica variety bovei):  Aerva bovei (Webb) Edgew.
 Aerva persica var. bovei (Webb) Chiov.
 Aerva pseudotomentosa Blatter & Hallberg
Spikes more slender, often interrupted with oblong or globose lateral clusters,
all spikes except the terminal frequently shortly cylindrical or oblong. Leaves
linear to narrowly linear-oblong, or narrowly oblong-obovate, up to c. 6 mm
wide, margins plane or involute, sometimes ± falcate-recurved. Outer tepals c.
2 mm long.
Type: Arabia, Bove (lectotype).
Distribution: Through much of the distribution of the species from the Indian
desert westwards through Iran and Afghanistan to Palestine, Egypt and the
Sahara, and south to Niger, the Sudan, Somalia and Arabia.
The plate of var. bovei given in Fl. Iranica Lf. 91, Tab. 2 (1972), depicting
Rech. 27461 from between Bela and Uthal, certainly does not agree with the
concept of this variety which I have gained from the type, the specimens of
Stocks, Edgeworth, Griffith etc. It appears to be var. javanica-possibly a male
plant in view of the slender spikes—though as mentioned above, by no means
all slender-spiked plants are male.
Var. bovei certainly grades into var. javanica by intermediates, as
demonstrated by a series of speciemens from E-5 Dera Ghazi Khan District: c.
8 miles from Kashmoor on way to Rajhan, Sultanul Abedin & Akbar Husain
9524-6,9543. These have narrow leaves, but all the spikes are elongate.
Moquin would have included them in his concept of var. bovei (DC. Prodr.
13(2): 300, 1849), as an examination of the IDC microfiche of the De
Candolle Herbarium indicates; but in Pakistan the clearest break in the series
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 occurs between “typical” Aerva javanica with broad leaves and stout, elongate
spikes, and the “Ae. Pseudo-tomentosa” form with narrow leaves and short,
interrupted spikes.9
6. Mangroves and Tidal lagoon: Rhizophora mucronat is the preferred
mangrove wood for firewood and to make charcoal. It produces an even heat
and is easy to split for firewood. It is also chipped and used in commercial
paper and rayon production in Indonesia and East Malaysia (Sabah and
Sarawak). Tannins and dyes are extracted from the bark; a black to chestnut
dye is obtained from the leaves. Unlike some other mangrove trees, new
growths from Rhizophora trees only emerge from branch tips and not the
trunk. So they can be killed by excessive collection of branches for firewood
or other uses. They are planted along coastal fish ponds to stabilise the banks.
Traditional medicinal uses: It is used as an astringent and to treat angina,
haemorrhaging (extracts from the seedlings in Indochina); diarrhoea (China,
Japan): diabetes, dysentery, hematuria. A poultice of the leaves are used to
relief armoured fish stings. Old leaves and roots are used during childbirth
(Malay). Bark is used to treat blood in the urine (Burma)10.

Avicennia alba (A. marina) Avicennia (family Verbenaceae or Avicenniaceae) A

genus of small trees which have greyish, opposite leaves. The flowers are small and
regular, the calyx and corolla imbricate, the ovary superior. The fruit is a roundish,
bivalved capsule with 1 seed. There are 14 species, occurring on tropical coasts,
mainly in mangrove forests at their ecological and geographical limits.11

Ceriops candollena.
Small to moderate-sized trees or shrubs with buttress of appressed stilt
roots and pneumatophores; bark grey-brown. Leaves opposite decussate, closely
borne towards the twig apices, petiolate, obovate-elliptic, entire, leathery and
glabrous, free from black dots beneath; stipules lanceolate. Inflorescence of (2-)
4-many-flowered, subsessile to shortly pedunculate, axillary, condensed cymes.
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 Flowers white, c. 1 cm or so long, perigynous, disc cupular, 10-12-sinuate, fleshy;
bracteoles partially united into a cup-like structure with ovate lobes. Sepals 5 (-6),
borne on a short hypanthium, ovate, acuminate, patent or reflexed in fruit,
leathery. Petals as many as sepals, membranous, free or occasionally coherent at
the base by hooked-hairy margins, truncate to emarginate and clavate appendaged
or fringed at the tips. Stamens 10 (-12), borne in sinuations of the disc in
antipetalous pairs; anthers dithecous, oblong or linear, obtuse-acuminate, shorter
to longer than the filaments, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary tricarpellary,
syncarpous, half inferior, projecting beyond the hypanthium as a fleshy cone, 3-
loculed at least in the upper part, locules biovulate; style simple, thickened below;
stigma obscurely trifid or simple. Fruit ovoid, unilocular, monospermous,
coriaceous berry. Seeds viviparous, pendulous; embryo exalbuminous, radicle and
hypocotyl angular, clavate and tapering to the apex.12
General Vegetation:
Capparis aphylla, Periploca aphylla, Boucerosia, Tecoma undulata, Acan-thodium
spicatum, Prosopis spicigera, Withania coagulans, Zizyphus Jujuba, Salvadora oleoides,
Calotropis procera, Caragona polyacantha,
three kinds of Acacia, Leptadenia Spartium, Taverniera Nummularia,
Physorhynchus brahuicus, and Alhagi camelorum. In low-lying parts
where water is available Tamarix articulata and T. gallica are found.
Here and there Euphorbia neritfolia and the dwarf-palm (Nannorhops
Ritchieana) occur, the latter often in great quantities. The herbaceous
vegetation is very scanty, consisting of such plants as Aerua javanica,
Pluchea lanceolata, Fagonia arabica, Mimulus alatus, and Cassia obovata;
near water, Eclipta erecta; and as weeds of cultivation, Solanum dulc-
amara and Spergularia. Two species akin to Haloxylon, Suaeda vermi-
culata and Salsola foetida, abound on saline soil. Panicum anlidotale is
the most important grass,
Throughout Makran the staple food is dates. Great attention is paid to the cultivation and
care of the date-tree, and the dates of Panjgur are
declared by Arabs to excel those of Basra. Though all the trees belong
to the species Phoenix doctylifera, they are distinguished locally into
more than a hundred kinds, according to the weight, size, and quality of
the fruit. All trees are known either as pedigree trees (nasabi) or non-
pedigree trees (kuroch). Among the former, the best varieties are
mozdati, d-e-dandan, haleni, begam jangi, and sabso. Fresh trees are
raised from offsets; they produce fruit after three to eight years, and
continue to do so for three generations. The young offsets must be
carefully watered for the first year, and afterwards at intervals until their
roots strike the moisture of the subsoil. The date season is divided
into three principal periods: machosp, rang or kulont, and naen. In
machosp (March) the artificial impregnation of the female date-spathes
by the insertion of pollen-bearing twigs from the spathe of the male tree
is effected. In the season of rang or kulont (June) the colour first
appears on the fruit, and there is general rejoicing. The harvest (amen)
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lasts from July to September, when men and cattle live on little else
but dates. The fruit is preserved in various ways, the most common
being by pressing and packing in palm-leaf baskets (laghati). Better
kinds are mixed with expressed date-juice and preserved in earthen jars
known as humb. Owing to the excessive quantity of dates in the diet
of the people of Makran, night-blindness is common. The
principal trees in these forests are Prosopis spicigera, Capparis aphylla,
Tamarix indica, Tamarix arlicilata, Dalbergia Sissoo, Olea cuspidata,
Pistadia khatnjak, and Acacia modesta.
Scattered xerophytic shrubs and trees, most of the year the vegetation is sparse.
During monsoons thick grasses are reported in abundance. The Lasbela valley is a vast
alluvial plain approximately 50 miles wide at the coast ans extends 80 miles inland. The
height above sea level is generally 50 feet with two Mounatin Ranges, Mor and Hala rise
to 1,000 to 3,000 feet on the Eastern and Western sides of the valley. The mountain bases
form a large alluvial plain covered with a thin gravel layer with Pleistocene sand
deposits. The Porali, Khantra and Windar Rivers and their tributaries are adding
sediment. Bela, Uthal and Somiani are the major settlements while the desert parts of the
plain have sparse population. Much fodder, cereal and vegetable crops can be grown but
this varies with degree of flooding and amount of rainfall. Major crops are Jowar
(Sorghum vulgare), ‘Mung’ Bean (Phaseolus aureus), ‘Patsan’ a fiber plant (Hibiscus
cannabinus), Castor Oil ‘Arind’ (Ricinus communis), Urad (Vigna mungo), Guar
(Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) and Millet (Bajra Pennisetum glaucum). Fruit trees such as
the Date Palm ‘Khajoor’ (Phoenix doctylifera), Mangoes (Mangifera indica) Black
Plum, used for tannin (Syzgium cumini) and Guavas (Psidium guajava) are grown on a
small scale, in folk medicine, extracts of roots, bark, and leaves are used to treat
gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, wounds, ulcers, toothache, coughs, sore
throat, inflamed gums, and a number of other conditions (Morton 1987). The inhabitants
of non-agricultural areas are nomadic and pastoral with herds of camels, sheep and goats.
Due to this most of the low scrub vegetation has been completely destroyed. Average
rainfall is 5-9 inches with most during maonssons (june, July and August). During
winters the extreme Western side of the valley gets one or two Cyclonic storms.

Climate:
Solar Insolation: During summers, particularly April to June, solar insulation is intense
at 180 – 200 Kcal.cm-1.
Evapotranspiration: Annual evapotranspiration is 1750 mm (Zubenok, 1977).

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Rainfall: Rainfall is erratic and unpredictable since it arises from Eastern depressions
originating from the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea or occasionally from Central India
(Snead, 1966). Permanent weather stations at Jivni and Pasni can be contacted for
complete data. Drought increase towards the West resulting in more hot and dry
conditions in Pasni and Gawadar. Mean annual rainfall is 148.30 mm in Ormara, 131.60
mm in Pasni and 148.90 in Jivni mostly during winters
Humidity: Relative humidity along the coast is high throughout the year though it is
higher in summer than winter. Lowest relative humidity occurs (49%) in December and
January and the highest is during monsoons (88 – 90%). It is highest during mornings (5
am) and declines during the day till evening.

Temperature: Diurnal and Annual temperature ranges are considerable and

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 Wind: South-West or Westwardly winds predominate for most of the year
resulting in salt and sand particles being carried from the beaches to the interior. This
results in barchan type of Sand dunes (A barchan dune is an arc-shaped sand ridge,
comprising well-sorted sand. This type of dune possesses two "horns" that face
downwind, with the slip face (the downwind slope) at the angle of repose of sand, or
approximately 32 degrees. The upwind side is packed by the wind, and stands at about 15
degrees. Simple barchan dunes may stretch from meters to a hundred meters or so
between the tips of the horns from South-West to North-West direction.) During winters
the wind reverses and the process of dune development consequently is also reversed
resulting in deformation of shape.

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 Apart from South-East winds, other directions bring gales and dust storms, locally
termed as ‘Shumal’. North-West winds of winters, locally termed as ‘Uttar’ often result
in pneumonia being associated with low temperatures.

Aridity: Detailed analysis of climate charts (outdated) show that the precipitation
curve underlies the temperature curve throughout the year except for winters in Ormara,
Pasni and Jivni. This results in a short humid period which is compounded by high
velocity winds and high temperatures in summers, resulting in increased evaporation.
Less and irregular rainfall, intense insolation and heat and Global warming which leads to
high evaporation all yield high aridity. The upper layer of soil remains dry except for a
few days after rainfall. Winter rains were observed to form ponds in declivities and
depressions and are reported to have been standing for over one month. High evaporation
will lead to drying out.

Rain Water Harvesting: Intervention of Surface Water Harvesting can be made

effective by the following low-cost structure:

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 Elaborate Surface Rainwater Harvesting Structures:
Jivni Airport: WWII

Soils:
Jivni Formation: Shelly and reefoid limestone, sandstone and conglomerate.
Gawadar Formation: Soft and poorly consolidated mudstone with minor sandstone.
FAO Soil Characterization: Lithosols-Regosols. In Baluchistan/ Makran (arid zone) the
coastal soil is saline, in general, and unproductive. The decay of coastal
halophytic flora forms the nutrients and organic matter; however, the saline soils
have very little organic carbon that can serve as an energy source for soil
mycoflora (Malik et al., 1980). The Makran Coast falls within Zone IX Dry
Western Plateau - mountainous areas. Most soil found in humid climates in
which soluble salts and minerals are leached out of the upper layers and are
cemented or compacted at a lower level). Makran’s soil is of two types: alluvial
soil and litho sols and rig sols. The valley of Dasht river in the western part of the
district and the Kulanch valley in the north consist of alluvial soil. The
mountainous area of the district is covered with litho sols and rig sols. Limestone,
shale and sandstone are the main rocks involved in the formation of this area. The
area is described as BWh under Arid or Desert with hot summers and mild
winters. As such it can be suitable for growing Out of Season Vegetables like
Southern Sindh. These vegetables will find a lucrative market up-country. Owing
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 country, the shore is almost entirely desert, presenting a succession of arid clay
plains impregnated with saline matter and intersected by watercourses. From
these plains rise precipitous table hills of White Clay (Kaolin?).

The coast-line is deeply indented, but its most characteristic feature is the repeated
occurrence of promontories and peninsulas of white clay cliffs, table-topped in
form.

Makran Coastal Range

There are many uses for this natural product. Kaolin (white dirt) is used medically to treat
diarrhea, dysentary, cholera, and is also used in paper making, paint, fiberglass,
porcelains and ceramics, china, and toothpaste. Some of the most popular products made
with kaolin (white dirt) are Kaopectate, Rolaids, Di-gel, Mylanta, and Maalox.
White Dirt (kaolin) has also been used as a natural, chemical free shampoo.
Kaolin is used in ceramics, medicine, coated paper, as a food additive, in toothpaste, as a
light diffusing material in white incandescent light bulbs, and in cosmetics. It is generally
the main component in porcelain.
Kaolinite has also seen some use in organic farming, as a spray applied to crops to deter
insect damage, and in the case of apples, to prevent sun scald.
Composition (Source of Nutrients?):
SiO2% Al2O3% Fe2O3% TiO2% CaO% MgO% K2O% NaO% MnO%
52±2 45±2 ≤0.5 ≤0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.004
Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Kaolinite clay
occurs in abundance in soils that have formed from the chemical weathering of rocks in
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 Northern Song celadon porcelain, 10th century, China

Soft-paste porcelain Swan tureen, 1752-6, Chelsea.

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay
in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 °C (2,192 °F) and 1,400 °C
(2,552 °F). The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arise mainly from the
formation of glass and the mineral mullite within the fired body at these high
temperatures.
Porcelain is used to make table, kitchen, sanitary, and decorative wares; objects of fine
art; and tiles. Its high resistance to the passage of electricity makes porcelain an excellent
insulator. Dental porcelain is used to make false teeth, caps, crowns and veneers.
Glazing. Unlike their lower-fired counterparts, porcelain wares do not need glazing to
render them impermeable to liquids and for the most part are glazed for decorative
purposes and to make them resistant to dirt and staining.

Porcelain insulator for medium high voltage

Disaster Management: The best known of the historical tsunamis in the region is the
one generated by the great earthquake of November 28, 1945 off Pakistan's Makran
Coast (Balochistan) in the Northern Arabian Sea. The destructive tsunami killed more
than 4,000 people in Southern Pakistan but also caused great loss of life and devastation
along the coasts of Western India, Iran, Oman and possibly elsewhere. Additionally, the
on-going subduction of the two micro-plates has dragged tertiary marine sediments into
an accretionary prism - thus forming the Makran coastal region, Thick sediments, that
have accumulated along the deltaic coastlines from the erosion of the Himalayas,
particularly along the eastern Sindh region near the Indus River delta, have the potential
to fail and cause large underwater tsunamigenic slides. Even smaller magnitude
earthquakes could trigger such underwater landslides. Finally, an earthquake similar to
that of 1945 in the Makran zone of subduction, has the potential of generating a
bookshelf type of failure within the compacted sediments - as that associated with the

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"silent" and slow 1992 Nicaragua earthquake - thus contributing to a more destructive
tsunami. In conclusion, the Makran subduction zone has a relatively high potential for
large tsunamigenic earthquakes. The earthquake is reported to have caused the eruption
of a mud volcano a few miles off the Makran Coast of Pakistan (Wadia, 1981). The
eruption formed four small islands. A large volume of gas emitted at one of these islands,
is reported to have sent flames "hundreds of meters" into the sky (Times of India 1945;
Mathur, S.M. "Physical Geology of India). Such mud volcanoes are not uncommon in the
Sindh region of the Makran coast. Their presence indicates the existence of high
petroleum deposits. They are known to discharge flammable gases such as methane,
ethane and traces of other hydrocarbons. The observed flames resulted from emitted
natural gas which The tsunami reached a maximum run up height of 13 m (40 feet) along
the Makran coast. The waves destroyed fishing villages and caused great damage to port
facilities. More than 4,000 people died from the combined effects of the earthquake and
the tsunami, but most deaths were caused by the tsunami. The tsunami destroyed
completely Khudi, a fishing village about 30 miles west of Karachi, killing its entire
people. At Dabo Creek, 12 fishermen were swept out to sea.
Elsewhere along the Makran coast there was considerable destruction and loss of life.
Many people died at the towns of Pasni and Ormara but no details are available. Many
more were washed out to sea. At Pasni, the waves destroyed government buildings, rest
houses and postal and telegraph facilities. The tsunami was recorded at Gwadar, but there
is no report on damages.
The Makran Coastal Range (MCR) is a narrow belt of highly folded and densely faulted
mountain ridges which parallel the present shoreline and extend for about 75 percent of
the total coast length for about 800 km (500 mi) in both the Balochistan and Sindh
Provinces. The steep mountains rise to an elevation of up to 1,500 m (5,000 ft). The coast
is rugged with uplifted terraces, cliffs and headlands.

NASA Satellite photo of a section of the Makran rugged and tectonic coastline showing
uplifted terraces, headlands, sandy beaches, mud flats, rocky cliffs, bays and deltas.
Numerous mud volcanoes are present along the shores.
Major rivers in Southern Pakistan contribute enormous amounts of sediments and
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Beach erosion and energy dissipation
Tidal currents are a highly dynamic phenomenon that varies not only with the
seasons of the year but also change throughout the years resulting in an ever changing
geography in beaches. This beach transformation is known as beach erosion or beach
evolution.
Furthermore, as the global warming problem starts to show its effects it is now
known that within the next thirty years many near-to-shore populations will have severe
problems due to the rise of the sea level, and there is a need for the development of land
reclamation and beach erosion control methods in addition to the existing ones.
The currently in use methods for the control of beach erosion and land reclamation
vary in price, complexity, size and impact on the shore. The can be broadly classified
according to their stiffness as rigid and flexible or according to their capacity to absorb
energy as energy absorbing and non-energy absorbing.
Among the most common methods to control beach erosion are:
 Vertical walls (rigid, non energy absorbing).
 Rubble mounds and sloping walls (rigid, energy absorbing).
 Grass rows (flexible, energy absorbing).
 Fences for sand trapping (flexible, energy absorbing).
Powerful waves and currents, infrequent but intense flash floods, erodible young
sedimentary rocks, and strong tectonic uplift combine to make this one of the most active
and dramatic coastal regions of the Earth.
Other Interventions:
1. Solar:
a. Active: Photovoltaic Arrays to produce electricity will
prove to be a valuable intervention. This is all the more true for Hybrid
Active/ Passive Solar combined with Wind Systems.
b. Passive: Presently the fish industry is using salt from sea
water by filling in surface tanks and allowing evaporation. The process
can be speeded up with 4 mm Plastic sheets (double) to increase heat.
Secondly drinking water can be collected from the plastic as it can be
designed to act as collectors.

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 c. Solar Still:

2. Small Wind Mills:

Wind Pump: Wind Generator:

3. Hydro Mulch Seeding:

4. Kitchen Gardens:
a. Compost & Environment/ Predator Protected:

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 5. Salt-Gradient, Solar Ponds: One Kg of salt can supply as much electricity and
three times as much heat as a Kg of coal burned in a combustor. This results from varying
salinity gradient given to a pond providing a vertical density difference which allows heat
to be trapped and stores solar energy. Artificial Salt-Gradient, Solar Ponds provide
thermal energy to:
• Heat Buildings.
• Drive Industrial Processes.
• Generate Electricity.
• Desalt Water.
• Power Cooling Systems.
A 7,000 sq. m. Pond provides 35 KW in Summers and 15 KW in Winter, with a peak of
150 KW.
Factors to Determine Effectiveness:
• Availability of Low-Cost land, salt and water or saline water.
• Favorable climate conditions: Sunny days and high temperatures.
• Favorable ground conditions, soil impervious to heat and water and lack of
moving groundwater with no nearby drinking water source.
• Low price compared to other energy sources.

Saline Water

Evaporation Pond
Solar Gradient Pond

6. Surface & Rooftop Water Harvesting:

Surface Water Harvesting: Mirpur Kahalaan, Haripur.

Roof-Top Water Harvesting National Center for Rural Development (NCRD) Islamabad.

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7. Municipal Solid & Liquid Waste Management/ Waste Water Gardens:
There is tremendous scope for this intervention in all minor towns of the Makran
Coast (Ormara, Pasni, Gawadar and Jivni). DG GDA (Gawadar Development
Authority), Capt (R) Mohammad Ali states that he has the funds and desires to
work with PARC.

8. Small Bio-Gas Plants for Poultry Droppings: There is ample scope for
increasing the intervention of Poultry Farms and hatcheries as well as provision of
small Alternate Energy Incubators to indigent families. A useful intervention is
provision of small Bio-Gas plants to existing and all future Poultry farms. This
would not only provide energy to the Operators but would also curtail
environmental pollution from Poultry manure and allied spread of disease vectors.
A valuable Bio-Fertilizer would be produced for Horticulture and Mushroom
production.

9. Mushroom Kulla: Nutritional Food Security is of serious concern. With

curtailed fish catches even the fisher folk are facing problems.

d. Solar Still:

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2. Small Wind Mills:

Wind Pump: Wind Generator:

3. Hydro Mulch Seeding:

4. Kitchen Gardens:
a. Compost & Environment/ Predator Protected:

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 5. Salt-Gradient, Solar Ponds: One Kg of salt can supply as much electricity and
three times as much heat as a Kg of coal burned in a combustor. This results from varying
salinity gradient given to a pond providing a vertical density difference which allows heat
to be trapped and stores solar energy. Artificial Salt-Gradient, Solar Ponds provide
thermal energy to:
• Heat Buildings.
• Drive Industrial Processes.
• Generate Electricity.
• Desalt Water.
• Power Cooling Systems.
A 7,000 sq. m. Pond provides 35 KW in Summers and 15 KW in Winter, with a peak of
150 KW.
Factors to Determine Effectiveness:
• Availability of Low-Cost land, salt and water or saline water.
• Favorable climate conditions: Sunny days and high temperatures.
• Favorable ground conditions, soil impervious to heat and water and lack of
moving groundwater with no nearby drinking water source.
• Low price compared to other energy sources.

Saline Water

Evaporation Pond
Solar Gradient Pond

6. Surface & Rooftop Water Harvesting:

Surface Water Harvesting: Mirpur Kahalaan, Haripur.

Roof-Top Water Harvesting National Center for Rural Development (NCRD) Islamabad.

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 10. Municipal Solid & Liquid Waste Management/ Waste Water Gardens:
There is tremendous scope for this intervention in all minor towns of the Makran
Coast (Ormara, Pasni, Gawadar and Jivni). DG GDA (Gawadar Development
Authority), Capt (R) Mohammad Ali states that he has the funds and desires to
work with PARC.

11. Small Bio-Gas Plants for Poultry Droppings: There is ample scope for
increasing the intervention of Poultry Farms and hatcheries as well as provision of
small Alternate Energy Incubators to indigent families. A useful intervention is
provision of small Bio-Gas plants to existing and all future Poultry farms. This
would not only provide energy to the Operators but would also curtail
environmental pollution from Poultry manure and allied spread of disease vectors.
A valuable Bio-Fertilizer would be produced for Horticulture and Mushroom
production.

12. Mushroom Kulla: Nutritional Food Security is of serious concern. With

curtailed fish catches even the fisher folk are facing problems.

10. Earth Sheltered, Earthquake/ Tsunami Proof, Super Insulation

Construction: This intervention is essential for the poor people living in reed mat
huts and at the mercy of the elements. In the light of Global Warming it is all the
more critical.

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11. Micro Enterprises: A number of micro enterprises can be designed for
successful implementation in order to provide Poverty Eradication in the area.

12. Aquifer mapping for Improvement: Works by:

• Energizing a water-bearing zone with an AC current. As the AC current
flows through the water a magnetic field is generated.
• Measuring the magnetic field at multiple points on the surface.
• Employing mathematical algorithms to reduce field data and prepare
contour maps of subsurface water footprint.
The groundwater is a conductor, which means the electrical current follows the
groundwater between the electrodes, creating a magnetic field that can be detected on the
ground's surface using a sensitive magnetic receiver.
Once the electricity is switched on, the device creates one large circuit. The
circuit emits a magnetic field below the ground at 380 Hz that follows any ground water
it finds.
Once the magnetic field is created, scientists walk the ground between the probes
in a grid-like pattern with an instrument that collects data about the frequencies it detects
underground (the researchers are most interested specifically in the 380 Hz signals that
the electrodes emit). The instrument is contained in a box that is three feet (one meter)
tall and six inches (15 centimeters) square and held upright by a tripod and can collect
thousands of readings in just five minutes.
Low voltage, low amperage, audio frequency electrical current is used to energize
the groundwater. Electrodes are placed strategically in wells, springs or surface water to
inject electricity into the groundwater of interest. Because the groundwater is a
conductor, the electrical current follows the groundwater between the electrodes. As the
electrical current flows through the groundwater, the current creates a magnetic field
characteristic of the injected electrical current. This unique magnetic field can be
identified and surveyed from the ground surface using a tuned, sensitive magnetic
receiver.
The magnetic receiver measures the specific magnetic field, filters out
interference, and amplifies the signal. Repeated measurements are recorded over time to
ensure consistent results. The recorded data are corrected to remove fluctuations in the
data due to natural phenomena and man-made interference. The horizontal and vertical
magnetic field magnitudes and directions can be measured to further define the
groundwater.

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 Survey data is normalized to show relative highs and lows in the field data. These
are referred to as anomalies that represent areas of different physical conditions. A high
magnetic reading represents higher induced conductivity; a low magnetic reading
represents low induced conductivity. The changes in conductivity represent an increase or
decrease in the presence of groundwater. In the simplest terms, the technology identifies
where groundwater is most present in the area of investigation.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

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 13. Tissue Culture: Micro Propagation of the following can prove to be extremely
beneficial for Coastal Area development:
• Salicornia (Salicornia europaea).
• Jathropha curicas.
• Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis).
• Castor Oil (Ricinus communis).

Conclusion: There is a lot of scope for improvement at relatively low-cost and in order
to remove a sense of deprivation it is important to provide viable interventions as soon as
possible.

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