KARACHI: In cold cloudy weather I entered the fish harbor area, everyone seemed busy in their work, someone was busy making fishnet while others were ready in their boats to leave for fishing in the sea. Like many other workers, a 45 years old Abdul Sattar was also busy building a boat at the boat building yard in Ibrahim Hyderi.
“The world has gone on fiber and fiber boat is easily available at a low rate, but the wooden boat is still a favorite in our region”, said Abdul Sattar.
“It takes more than 3 months to complete a wooden boat, at least 6 artisans and helpers work on a single boat”, Sattar added.
He further said that boats ranging from 23 to 36 feet cost from Rs2m to Rs5m. A single worker earns more than 800 rupees per day.
The modern technology and machinery had made easy work for them, they can easily work with the help of new electrical wood cutting machines.
The writer is a freelance multimedia journalist. He covers politics, social, environmental issues and feature stories. He tweets @RanaMalhiRM and can be reached at ranomalm@gmail.com
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