Thari Mirwah Explained

Official Name:Thari Mirwah
Thari ٺري ميرواهه
Settlement Type:city
Mapsize:150 px
Coordinates:27.0683°N 68.6023°W
Pushpin Map:Sindh#Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sindh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Khairpur
Population Total:352491[1]
Population As Of:2017
Elevation M:45
Leader Title:Assistant Commissioner
Leader Name:Saleem Hussain Gadani
Leader Title1:DSP
Leader Name1:DSP Thari Mirwah
Blank Name Sec1:Number of union councils
Blank Info Sec1:10
Blank Name Sec2:Number of villages of Thari Mirwah
Blank Info Sec2:3000
Area Code:0243
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5

Thari Mirwah (Sindhi: ٺري ميرواهه), or Thari (Sindhi: ٺري), is the capital city of Mirwah Subdivision (Mirwah taluka) in Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan.[2] Thari weather is hetregenous (diverse) average temperature recorded is 14 - 40 c in winter and summer. Weather conditions allows growing many cereals and vegetable crops.[3]

Etymology

The name Thari Mirwah is a compound word derived from two words: Thari (ٺري) and Mirwah (ميرواهه), the word Thari, which was the name of a female Hindu shopkeeper, and Mirwah, an eastern side canal of the Sukkur barrage, which is extracted from the Indus River at Sukkur barrage and flows from north to south to Thari tehsil.

History of the city

The town of Thari was established by Hindu community, and donated their land to government to establish offices, schools, hospitals. Wadero Pirano Jogi donated his land to government to establish Rural Health Center at Thari.

The city of Thari Mirwah is capital of Mirwah subdivision, which was named after Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur, the second ruler of the Khairpur State and a descendant of Mirwah branch.

Education

Government educational institutes includes Government Boys Higher Secondary School Mengho Fakir Shar, Government Higher Secondary School Wafa Nawaz Ali Shar, Government High School Shah Muhammad Laghari, Government Boys High School Thari Mirwah,[4] a Girls High School, Degree college, Government IT Centre under supervision of IBA-IET and a Mono-Technic & Vocasional college in Thari Mirwah.

Roads & Infrastructure

As in other parts of Sindh, the condition of roads in Thari Mirwah is horrendous. However, the rehabilitation of the Thari-Setharja road is underway, and some construction has already been completed. On the eastern side of Thari is a desert known as Nara desert. A single road runs from Dhedano village to the Sawan gas field(Taluka Nara Distt Khairpur), where it turns into the gas company's blacktop highroad.[5]

The newly constructed Mehran Highway is the only highway to connect Nawabshah District to Khairpur. The highway passes through the jurisdictions of Thari Mirwah, Faiz Ganj, Bandhi, and Daur. Construction lasted seven years.[6] Many accidents have occurred on the completed highway, which is being used by illegal buses and coaches going to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fata.[7] [8] [9] [10]

On 24 August 2014, a coach coming from Punjab collided at Kot lalu with a van from Thari city which was traveling from Karachi to Thari Mirwah; 10 passengers were killed and 11 injured. All were natives of Thari Mirwah.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and household detail from block to district level: Sindh (Khairpur District) . 40 . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 2017.
  2. Web site: ٺري ميرواهه : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا). www.encyclopediasindhiana.org.
  3. Saand. Mumtaz Ali. Mirbahar. Ameer Ahmed. Rajpar. Inyatullah. Saand. Mumtaz Ali. Mirbahar. Ameer Ahmed. Ansari. Khalil Ahmed. Saeed. Rafat. Sirohi. Muzafar Hussain. 2019-01-15. Assessment of Soil Quality of Taluka Thari Mirwah, District Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology. en. 13–18. 2223-957X.
  4. Web site: Government Boys High School THARI MIRWAH, PO THARI MIRWAH DIST KHAIRPUR, Mirwah. www.schoolinglog.com. 2019-10-15.
  5. News: Salman Rashid. Circle of goodness. 16 September 2015. TheNews on Sunday. The News International. December 21, 2014.
  6. Web site: Mehran Highway pending for 7 years. 2 June 2010.
  7. News: PPI. Reckless driving: 8 killed, 178 injured in road accidents. 16 September 2015. The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune News Network. July 21, 2015.
  8. Web site: Tragedy in Khairpur: Reckless driving claims 14 lives. 26 March 2015.
  9. Web site: With two more deaths, Khairpur bus accident toll rises to 16. 26 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Sindh's deadly highway: Fatal bus on the wrong highway without a permit. 25 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Speed kills: Road accident claims 10 lives. 24 August 2014.