Kot Addu City

Kot Addu is a city and Tehsil of Muzaffargarh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. This city is subdivided into 28 Union Councils.[1] It is located in the southern part of the Punjab province, and is a very historic city. It has a population of over 400,000, making it the 150th largest city in Pakistan. It is built just east of the Indus River, more or less in the centre of the country, and about 866 km from Karachi, 600 km from Islamabad, 100 km from Multan, 80 km from D.G.Khan, 60 km from Muzaffargarh, 60 km from Layyah and 16 km from Taunsa Barrage.

Kot Adu City, being an historic and prosperous city, attracts a number of tourists every year particularly due to the Indus river, amazing locations and public gardens.

Demography[2][3]

List of Union Councils of Kot Adu[1][4]

29.Mauza Jhunjhan wali

Location

The city of Kot Adu is located in southern Punjab province, almost at the exact centre of Pakistan. The area around the city is a flat plain and is ideal for agriculture. There are two main canals (Muzaffar, T.P link) and eight sub canals that cross Kot Adu, providing water from Indus River. The location of the city on Google Map is N 30° 28' 34" E 70° 57' 52" .

Language and literature

The majority of Kot Adu's residents are native speakers of the Seraiki language, though being situated in the province of Punjab many people also know Punjabi and the national language, Urdu. The vast majority of the population is Muslim. English is widely understood among the educated. Kot Adu is home to many literary figures and poets who are known throughout the country. The famous folk singer Mr. Pathanay Khan belonged to this city.

Pathanay Khan The recurring identification of misery of family of late Pathaney Khan, by the news report in daily Dawn on May 1, 2007, the international day of laborers, may still have not stirred the minds. In this small city of Kot Adu near High School No. 2, where Pathaney Khan has left his assets, consisted of one widow, sons and daughters and some priceless relics like Tabla, Harmonium etc. His fame and audience have crossed the shores of every continent, but nobody could know his poor financial condition beyond appreciating his spiritual ‘kaffis’. He claimed that his recording company did not pay his royalty in his last days of life. Afterwards, the family of the deceased was helped by very few organizations. Pathaney Khan is famous for singing Sufi poetry of “Baba Bhulley Shah” and “Khawja Ghulam Farid”. Some of his melodies are etched in one’s mind and they penetrate deep into the soul. It’s not only the composition, but the meaningful poetry of great Sufi writers such as “Meda Ishq Vi Tu, Meda Yar Vi Tu”, “Mera Ranjhan Hun Koi Hor”, “Ghoom Charkhrya Ghoom”. In kot adu the most beautiful shop is "baba bashir ka kademi kulfa" as well as "bashery di karhi".

Educational institutions

Kot Adu is rich like other major cities of Punjab as far as schools and educational campuses are concerned. There are many colleges involved in the grooming of students and fulfilling the desire to acquire and distribute knowledge and education. In the last few years, a mushrooming growth of quality educational institutions has been observed in this region. And now there are various private Commerce and Science colleges, schools, academies like Punjab Inter Science Academy, and cadet college. There is one government degree college for boys and girls each. Several colleges are affiliated with the Bahuddin Zakrya University, B.Z.U Multan Pakistan, and Punjab University Lahore Pakistan. The names of some private institutions are, Punjab Higher Secondary School, Bismillah. Inter Science Academy, Punjab Group of Colleges, Oxford Grammar School, Professor Academy, etc. A Govt Technical College, also, is under construction.

Industry

Kot Adu is a prominent commercial and industrial City in the Punjab province. It is connected by road and rail with Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta, and Faisalabad; and also by air from Multan Airport to all Pakistan Airports.

Main Industries

Gellani flour mill

Beside these, cotton factories, foundries, cotton, woollen and silk textile mills, flour, and oil mills are also located in this region. This area is famous for its handicrafts (Kundar work), and cottage industries.

Information technology industry

With the changing environment in the world, as the information technology has become the necessity of the world, Kot Addu has also adopted this change with a great positive response. The first totally professional information technology center was introduced in 2002, named I.TECH[10] which then also opened a branch in Dubai in 2006, U.A.E. It is a prominent institution in that region which mainly focuses on web designing and development. There are many other institutions contributing towards education in Information Technology. It is clear from the interest of people that this region needs some Great Government I.T institution. In November 2009 the Government of Pakistan also opened a Great Technical College named LAL-MEER technical college in the Union of Kot Adu.[11] This is progress in favor of the region's prosperity.

Health centers

There is one Government Civil Hospital and several Private hospitals in the city beside many small Government and Private Hospitals in the Unions of the Tehsil. National hospital and its owners also help the humanity.

Rehmat Rehman Hospital

1/2 k.m rungpur road, chowk sarwar shaheed.

Agriculture

Kot Adu is also an important agricultural area. Total area of Tehsil Kot Adu is 8,77,989 Acres of which 4,24,521 acres are under cultivation. Main Crops of the area include

Besides these, bajra, moong, mash, masoor and oil seed such as rape / mustard and sun flower are also grown in the district.

Fruits such as Mangoes(Mangoes of Shujabad district are the best in the world), citrus, guavas and pomegranates are the main grown in the Kot Adu City. Dates, jaman, pears, falsa and banana are also grown in minor quantities in the district.

One other local fruit is called a bare. It is one of the main fruits grown in this region. Due to flooding, the crops are now rare, especially cotton and wheat products affected by this flooding. So, now a majority of the agricultural lands are covered by sugarcane. People either sell this sugarcane to sugar mills or produce Jaggery from sugarcane.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tehsils & Unions in the District of Muzaffargarh - Government of Pakistan
  2. ↑ Muzaffar Garh Demographic
  3. ↑ Google Map
  4. ↑ District administration (Kot Adu)
  5. ↑ KAPCO
  6. ↑ Pakistan Government
  7. ↑ PARCO
  8. ↑ Pakistan Government
  9. ↑ Pakistan Government
  10. ↑ Kot Adu I.T Institutions
  11. ↑ Government of Pakistan

External links

Coordinates: 30°28′N 70°58′E / 30.467°N 70.967°E