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And the dunes adjacent to the Kalankar Lake are often strained. Many families of fishing call these dunes a home. The small huts made of mud and trees are at risk of flooding. At the same time, it is a flood that will bring more water and fish to the lake. Fish is what society needs for their economic survival.
“Kalankar Lake is an attractive place for tourists, especially nature lovers,” says local journalist Faiz Chopan. Many tourists from all over the country come here in the rainy season, often wrestling in the lake. “
Chopan added, “There is a lack of basic facilities for tourists as well as villagers. Even basic infrastructure is lacking. This visit is an adventure for tourists. However, for locals, roads are a basic need.”
It is difficult for this fishing community to access public transport, schools and health care facilities. Villagers also struggle to access safe drinking water. They have dug small wells along the lake. If they dig very deeply, the water breaks.
The lake is 30 km away from Umerkot and is barely five kilometers from Dhrunaro, but there is a shortage of facilities in nearby cities.
Kalankar is on the edge of the Nara Canal. The irrigation land is three or four kilometers from the lake of the west. The lake once covered 4,000 acres, but now it is less than a thousand acres.
“The lake relies heavily on rain and nara canal water,” says Munawar Ali Paley, 40, says 40 -year -old Advocate Munawar Ali Pali. Drought and exploitation have had a serious impact on the water level. The encroachments by local communities have further limited the supply of water.
“This is a vast proportion, between vast sand dunes. As a potential tourist destination, it is inaccessible due to lack of infrastructure. The government’s attention and investment is very important to unlock its economic potential,” Pale added.
Fishing families are awaiting floods, hoping that the rise in water will improve fishing opportunities and their income.
During the colonial period, it was the main source of fish for Lake Umrakot and Mirpurk. Fishing was an important role in the local economy. The fish was also sold in Jodhpur from Kalnar Lake. At that time, the trains fled from Jodhpur to Karachi and Dhrunaro was a major railway station on the track.
“In the colonial era, Kulkar’s resident of Kulnakar, Khaia Mohammad Malala was a major fish trader. At that time, a bogie was allotted for fish,” says Dhoorunaro’s Town Committee chairman, said, “In the colonial period, Kulnakar resident.
Haji Nawab added, “Kalnker is not the same lake. It is a series of lakes. There are at least fourteen lakes identified by the names of Morder, Khar, Lone Khan, Ghoraji, Bandu, Sanaro, Chirol, Dosario and Bhuror.
After independence, the lakes began to shrink because the landowners diverted most of the water into the mainstream for irrigation.
“Kulnar Lake is the only sinking to extract flood water from fertile lands and Nara canal,” says Mohammad Tayyab Arsar, a thirty -eight -year -old social worker.
Arsar says all these routes have been occupied by the drains and is regularly cultivated so that the canal water is rarely reached to the lake. As a result, Kalnar Lake has been reduced to a brake water pond.
“Most of the fishermen have left the area,” Urser added, “If the government takes strict action against the encroachment and cleanses the drains, the families of the fishermen can return to the area.”
Haji Nawab Rajar added, “The drains began between 1965 and 1971. Since then, the land has been under illegal possession.
Tayyab Ariasar added, “In 2011, flood water restored Kalankar. However, the encroachments were not completely removed.
The Tourism Department has created three cottages for tourists in the area and ousted one official to monitor the booting facilities.
Along with the government, local communities are interested in promoting Kalankar as a tourism destination. If Kalankar becomes an active tourist destination, the families of the fishermen will benefit from this development. Tourism will also promote the earnings of other people.
Meanwhile, local fishermen are trying to find new ways to live because it is still not enough to meet their daily expenses to catch fish.
The eighth -year -old Habibullah Millah says the fishermen see themselves as the lake’s baby. “A flood is the grace of God for us and our mother, the lake. Without fresh water, the lake will die and we will be forced to emigrate from here. When the lake was full of fresh water, more than five hundred families lived here. Many of them have migrated to different places.
“Some families still live in the areas of Dhrunaro, Kipro, Farash, Tyon Mail and Baker Lake,” he says.
Fishing families are waiting for a flood, hoping that the growing flow of freshwater will improve fishing opportunities and increase their income.
Author is an independent journalist
