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Bundal Island is part of a $50 billion city development initiative under the Pakistan Islands Development Authority. [5] In 2013, Bahria Town announced a joint venture with Thomas Kramer's companies to develop the ambitious Bodha Island City project on Bundal and Buddo Islands at an estimated cost of $20 billion. Spanning 12,000 acres, the ...
The 12,000 acre Island will have hospitals, sports facilities, shopping malls, high-rise buildings, 5-star hotels, educational institutes, recreational facilities & a scenic beach. These developments would give housing and employment to over a million people by 2030. The island would be connected to mainland Karachi by a cable-stayed bridge.
Karachi's coastal plains along the Arabian Sea south of Clifton were also developed much later as part of the greater Defence Housing Authority project. Karachi's city limits also include several islands, including Baba and Bhit Islands, Oyster Rocks, and Manora, a former island which is now connected to the mainland by a thin 12-kilometre long ...
Baba and Bhit Islands (Urdu: جزیرہ بابا بھٹ ) are two small and densely populated islands located in the Karachi Harbour, in Karachi, Pakistan. [1] The approximate area of Bhit island is roughly 0.16 km 2 while that of Baba island is around 0.15 km 2. Around 5,400 people live on Bhit island and around 6,600 on Baba island. [2]
Dhari Island, a tiny, uninhabited island to the southeast of Karachi. Khiprianwala Island, an uninhabited island to the southeast of Karachi. Khuddi Island, an uninhabited barrier island with a lighthouse, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southeast of Bundle Island. (24°33′37″N 67°13′10″E) About twelve other unnamed barrier ...
Manora (Sindhi: منهوڙو, Urdu: منوڑہ) is a peninsula that forms a protective barrier between Karachi Harbour to the north and the Arabian Sea to the south. Manora, having a total population of 4,273 local residents (as per 2017 census), [1] was formerly an island, but due to silting is now connected to the mainland by a 12 kilometre long natural sand bridge known as Sandspit.
Buddo Island, also known as Dingi (Urdu: جزیرہ بدو); (Sindhi: ڏنگي ٻيٽ) is an uninhabited island located east of Bundal Island and south of Khiprianwala Island near Karachi, along the Arabian Sea coastline. It marks the westernmost edge of the Indus Delta.
Crescent Bay is a 108-acre (440,000 m 2) under-construction upscale mixed-use oceanfront development in Defence, Karachi, Pakistan consisting of 50 towers. It is a joint venture by EMAAR and Giga Group. [1] Land reclamation on the project was completed by Mazyood Giga International, a subsidiary of Giga Group, with the help of Halcrow Consultants.