The Hamal lake By Rehmat Ali Tunio

FEATURE: “The lake Hamal”     | By Rehmat Ali Tunio|

The lake Hamal is number two in Sindh after the great Manchhar Lake. Beautiful Hamal Lake is situated in the arid zone of Sindh called as Kachho (derived from Sindhi word Kachh, means lap of Khirthar mountain range). The Khirthar is fascinating world having natural elegance the Gorakh Hill station, Khirthar mountain range, Kuttay ji Qabar, Murre Jo Daro and the shallow water natural lakes in which Keenjhar, Drigh, Langh, Hamal and Manchar lakes.

Lake’s water depth is eleven to twelve feet, which flow to the Manchar Lake through M.N.V drain, with the length and width of 10 kilo meters. This lake consists of the four small lakes namely as Badram, kachheri, karowar and the Sarroh lake. Interestingly the mounds of the Soriyah Sapot ,Badram and Pinri are also in this lake. Many people around the Sindh as well as Pakistan often choose this site to visit and especially for hunting.

In the west at a distance of about thirteen kilometers, there is a Mazarani Dhoro which is hundreds of years old.  There is a village named as Hamal, with the lineage of that Mazarani Dhoro was named as Hamal lake.

The lake Hamal has been substantially supporting economic activities. It provided livelihood for a large number of fishermen and farmers. People of that area said that “we cultivate the lands in hope of Lake, and our only source of livelihood is on it otherwise we can’t sustain”

Local people sustain their lives by caching fishes and hunting birds. The lake could have also contributed a lot in boosting up tourism, if its beauty was properly maintained. However different factors contributed to destroy the natural beauty and usefulness of the lake.

The human activities have changed significantly the original regime of lake. Political leaders and efficacious feudal have restricted the fishing for common man by occupying the lake’s land.

They also have built the dips into the lake’s main drain R.B.O.D which is the main source of fresh and sweet water, the effluents of Shadadkot and Mirokhan drains fall directly into the Hamal through the R.B.O.D drain. Due to dips the fresh water is stopped, lake is drying. This has endangered the local people whose survival is only on this and as well as water and animal livings.

Lake was originally free from contamination and pollution, but due to mismanagement of water resources in surrounding region and release of poisonous water of the drains into Hamal, the lake has over the years become polluted.

Local people have no alternative except to use water of lake both for drinking as well as domestic purposes; in past it support the hundreds of local fishermen who would use its water to look for fishes to sustain their livelihood, but all that has changed now.

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FEATURE: The  Hamal lake     | By Rehmat Ali Tunio|

The great nursery of fresh water fishes and the resident and habitat of thousand kinds of  birds including migratory birds like Ducks, geese, ibises, gulls, terns, coots, flamingos, shorebirds, cormorants and egrets etc. head to the lake Hamal every year from the Siberia, Russia and other European countries. 

Sindh is the worldwide famous for her natural beauty, history, culture etc. regarding natural elegance the Gorakh Hill station, Khirthar mountain range, Kuttay ji Qabar, Murre Jo Daro and the shallow water natural lakes in which Keenjhar, Drigh, Langh, Hamal and Manchar lakes.

 The lake Hamal is at the number two in Sindh after the Asia as well as Sindh’s largest Manchar Lake. Beautiful Hamal Lake is situated at the arid zone of Sindh called as KACHHO (derived from Sindhi word KACHH means lap of Khirthar mountain range). The word khirthar is fascinating word having a meaning of cream of the milk. This area is mainly consisting upon khirthar mountain range which starts from western side of Kamber and reaches at sea shores of Sindh by crossing through district Dadu.

Lake’s water gauge is eleven to twelve feet, from which water go the Manchar Lake through M.N.V drain. With the length and width of 10 kilo meters and the area of approximately six thousand this lake is consists of the four small lakes namely as Badram, kachheri, karowar and the Sarroh lake. And interesting that the mounds ( darha )of the soriyah sapot ,Badram and pinri are also in this lake. Many people around the Sindh as well as Pakistan often choose this site to visit and especially for hunting.

In the west of taluka Warah at a distance of about thirteen kilometers, there is a Mazarani Dhoro which is hundreds of years old, on the west side there is a village named as Hamal, with the lineage of that Mazarani dhoro was named as Hamal lake.

The lake Hamal has been substantially supporting various economic activities. It provided a livelihood for a large number of fishermen and farmers. People of that area said that “we cultivate the lands in hope of Lake, and our only source of livelihood is on it otherwise we can’t sustain”

 Local people sustain their lives by caching fishes and hunting birds. The lake could have also contributed a lot in boosting up tourism, if its beautifulness was properly maintained. However due to various reasons the primitive beauty and usefulness of the lake has been changed.

The human activities have changed significantly the original regime of lake. Political leaders and efficacious feudal have restricted the fishing by occupying the lake’s land.

They also have built the dips into the lake’s main drain R.B.O.D which is the main source of fresh and sweet water, the effluents of Shadadkot and Mirokhan drains fall directly into the Hamal through the R.B.O.D drain. Due to dips the fresh water is stopped, lake is drying which is very harmful to the local people whose survival is only on this and as well as water and animal livings.

On the occasion Mir Nadir Ali Magsi said on Media that I have talked with the chief minister and irrigation minster to take serious steps to save the lake. Many people have commented that this is our only source of survival, so the effluent of fresh water must be free by removing the illegal dips in the R.B.O.D drain.

Lake was originally free from contamination and pollution, but due to mismanagement of water resources in surrounding region and release of poisonous water of the drains into Hamal, the lake has over the years become polluted.

 Local people have no alternative except to use water of lake both for drinking as well as domestic purposes, in past it support the hundreds of local fishermen who would use its water to look for fishes to sustain their livelihood, but all that has changed now.

Second Semester August 2015 
This practical work was carried out under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi