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[edit] Gorakh Hill Station
Gorakh Hill, is one of the Highest Plateaus of Sindh, in the Kerthar Mountains Range, in the North-West section of Dadu District, Dividing the Dadu and Khuzdar Districts, of Sindhh and Balochistan. Gorakh Hill Station is presently an under Development Project, but you can presently reach Gorkah Hilltop site, from Dadu City, with 4x4 Vehicles, which are available on rental from Dadu and Johi Towns.
The Highest Mountain Elevation, in the Sindh segment of Kirthar mountains, is a 7056 [plus/minus a few] feet high peak, it is in fact, the higher of the two 'bumps' at the top, earlier held wrongly as a single 7900 feet high peak, west of Mehar, in the Mari Thall area, a few degrees north north-west of Gorakh Hill Station.
The exact Height and Location Coordinates of the higher of the two, almost equally high, Peaks, on the GPS are: 27 12 35 10 North / 67 09 33 88 East. One being just under 7000 and the higher, just above the 7000 feet mark. You can verify these by visiting the above given Coordinates on Google Earth Telemetry.
The segment of Kirthar mountains, and the two bumps, at its top, were earlier considered a single peak... Till Mr Bukhari's discovery of the Highest peak's Exact Location and Elevation. Mr. Bukhari, in honoring one of the greatest ever Pakistanis, has Named the higher, 7000 feet plus Peak in Mari Thall, KOH BENAZIR.
To Gorakh Hill Top, is 94 km From Dadu City; at milestone 17 km, you reach the small town of Johi which is a Taluka, of District Dadu and the Starting Point of Outbackkacho Area. At milestone 41 km, you reach the last small town Before Gorakh Hill... Wahi Pandi, which is a small Market settlement in the lap of Kerthar Mountain.
From Wahi Pandi on way to Gorakh Hill Station, the Road rises Slowly up to milestone of 53 km, here you enter the Yaroo Pass,(Yaroo Sain Jo Luck). After Crossing Yaroo Pass 2500 ft above sea level, your journey continues in the Mountains, and at milestone 76 km, you reach the Base of another, the Highest Mountain Pass of Kerthar Mountain Range, it is Khanwal Pass, situated at an elevation of 3000ft above sea level.
At the Top of Khanwal pass, at an Elevation of 5000ft above sea level, the Distance Between Khanwal Pass and Base Camp Gorakh is about 17 km. The road is steep, and has hairpin turns, as it zigzags along the hilly terrain.
After reaching the Top of Khanwal Pass, your Drive continues to a Gorakh Hill Top, which is a 13 km drive. At the Top Of Gorakh Hill, you can stay in the government Rest House, or Camp at top. Because Gorakh Hill Station is Under Development (2009) by the Sindh Provincial Government. There are plans to build projects Like Hotels, Restaurants, and a Chair lift etc. at the proposed Hill station.
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It is the largest fort of its kind in the region and in the world, It is situated in the of the Kirthar Range about 30 km southwest of Sann, Jamshoro district of Sindh, approximately 90 km north of Hyderabad, in Pakistan. It has an approximate diameter of 9 km. Its walls are on the average 6 meters high and are made of gypsum and lime cut sandstone and its total circumference is about 29 km of which 8 km walls are man-made. While originally constructed for bow and arrow warfare it was later expanded to withstand firearms.
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