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Shortages of electricity and low voltage in parts of mohmand agency have badly affected the marble industry. Around 200 marble factories in the area have been closed; incurring an estimated loss of around Rs500 million and more than thousand labor jobless
Alam Khan, owner of a marble factory in gandahab, told this scribe that every factory here had an average of 35,000-50,000 feet of finished marble. “It means marbles worth millions of rupees were lying alone in mohmand agency to be disposed of,” he said.
The federally administered tribal area (FATA) possesses huge reserves of marble. The promotion and development of marble industry could help bring prosperity to the FATA and improve livelihood of the people.
Types of Mineral in FATA:
So far, 19 different minerals’ deposits have been identified in tribal areas which include; copper, manganese, chromites, iron ore, lead, barite, soapstone, coal, gypsum, limestone, marble, dolomite, feldspar, quartz, silica sand, bentonite, marl, emerald and graphite. The total mineral production in the year 2004-05 stood at 12.73 million tons.
15 Verities of marble in mohmand agency:
Ziarat, sara khwa, burhan khel, khwaizai baizai, spenkay tangai and chenari are the potential areas for quality marble in Mohmand, which have huge reserves.
Nearly 15 varieties of marble are found in the mohmand agency. The most famous of these varieties are Ziarat marble, super-white, off-white, Badal, Zebra, jet-black and golden marble.
An official of the Pakistan Stone Development Company which oversees the sector, says there are over 166 billion tons of marble reserves in the country most of which are in KP & FATA.
Explorations in the tribal-belt would start once the security situation improves, he says. Most of the resources hitherto remain unexploited.
Main product in these marble processing units are slabs which constitute about 99% of the total production while other products such as office wares, decoration pieces and mosaics etc. are the remaining 1%.
Marble industry in the region is contributing to the development of grave environmental problems due to vast waste generation at different stages of mining and processing operations. It is very clear that the current type of marble mining in the region produce up to 80% waste during this stage in the shape of small boulders and irregular pieces. While in turn it also produce waste during processing stage in shape of broken tiles, dressing waste, polished and transportation waste. Resultantly the valuable National wealth is not only lost but it is causing air pollution, water pollution, deterioration of the arable land, vegetation related problems, loss to the flora and fauna etc.
Energize the obligatory and mandated responsibilities of FATA Development Authority to ensure completion and start working of the already delayed Mohmand Marble City that already have provisions for an in-built Marble Ware House, Common Facilitation Centre and Machinery Pool. Services of the PCSIR Labs.
Government official said that Mohmand marble city is a project of cost of Rs2.6 billion and will be one of nine major projects within the ambit of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
FDA Officials said that 95% of the development work has been completed including the boundary wall, nine security posts, power grid station, water supply infrastructure and roads, while urging investors to invest heavily in the specially designated zone in #Mohmand Agency.
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