pakistan geographical review 1954 - University of the Punjab

SUKKUR AND ITS ENVIRONS-A
GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY
BY
AKHTAR HUSAIN SIDDIQI
Urdu College, Karachi.
The town of Sukkur on the western bank of the river Indus is one of the
best examples of the class of towns that develop on a river bank. In its siting
and development the Indus has played an important role. Besides the
navigational and irrigation facilities, resulting in the development of the
agnculture of the district of the same name, the topographical features of the
area are also responsible for the growth and development of Sukkur,
Location and Size:
The town of Sukkur is situated in an irrigated tract at the headworks of the
Sukkur Barrage canals. It lies at the junction of many inland highways running
from different parts of the Sind region and the adjoining provinces of
Baluchistan and the Punjab. All the factors enumerated above made this town
a 'mandi' or a market town practica ly from its very beginning.
The town of Sukkur is about three miles in length and about two miles
in breadth, that is, approximately 6 sq. miles of open land. The total
assessment of the occupied area made from village registers is as follows ;-
Sukkur Purana (Old Sukkur) 2,805 acres
Sukkur Nawo and Chhipri (New Sukkur) 1.206 acres
Total:
4,011 acres
The eastern limits of the town are marked by the river Indus which
separates it from Rohri. There are two units or blocks, called Old and New
Sukkur, separated from one another by the railway embankment. New Sukkur
and the newly built area of Civil Lines have been erected on and about a cluster
of low hills which are in continuation of the chain that runs from Rohri
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