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DECREASING PROPERTY RATES NEAR CENTRAL JAIL DUE TO JAMMERS

UROOJ THARANI

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In our today’s life mobile networks is our basic necessity. If we want to order food we need networks, if we need ambulance we need networks, if we want to contact someone we need networks. In any type of emergency we need networks to get first aid. And when we decide to buy a house or rent a house we check some basic necessities like water supply, electricity etc. But now there is an addition in it and that is mobile networks.

There are 25 jails in Sindh. Five central jails, 11 district jails, four women jails, four juvenile jails and one open prison. The central jails are located in Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, Hyderabad and Khairpur.

In Densely populated areas of Hyderabad like Hirabad, kalhora colony, journalist colony, Mubarak housing society, Baldia colony etc. Life became really difficult due to jammers in Central jail. 

In Mubarak housing society where Ismaili community lives. The population almost decreased by 30% it was ten thousand before but now it is 7,000 from February 3rd 2016 the day of jammers implementation.

“The property rates have been decreased by 30% in rents, and 50% in buying.” Mr.Akbar Khoja ex-chairman of Mubarak housing society. People are migrating from the colony because of networks problems.

The ex-residents of this society Dr. Imran Khowaja said “I am a surgeon I have to be available all the time but the network’s problem my patients are disturbed. That is why I left this place.” 

Another ex-resident Mr. Badruddin khowaja the businessman said “my clients and my staff weren’t able to contact me that is why I left this society.” The people who have applied for jobs they also face difficulty in getting interview call.

There is good online taxi service available but the people who lives near the central jail are not able to take this advantage because this service works online they need networks to use internet but due to jammers their service does not work here.

An online taxi service driver said we were having good business from these areas before but after jammers our customers are not able to contact us to book our service and if they do we are not able to find their location that is why we have to cancel the ride. Before mobile phones the telephones were common but after mobile phones people use this service rarely and not everyone can afford it. And it is inappropriate because we can not keep telephone with us everywhere.

The chairman of the nearby colonies said that too many houses are empty no one wants to buy or rent the house because there are no networks service available.

This problem is not only in this area there is the same situation in other cities of Pakistan where central jails located. Thousands of people are affected of these jammers. But now the Sindh government has decided to remove mobile phone jammers from central jails across the province. Now, residents of the surrounding areas would not have to leave the neighborhood to make calls.

Prisons Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said, all dangerous prisoners will be shifted to a single jail far from cities. The only jail that will have jammers will be the one in which these prisoners are kept.