attacked the Aligarh Colony, which was home to a vulnerable population of Biharis who had recently been repatriated from Bangladesh. The municipality was described in a 1999 National Geographic article on Mumbai's Dharavi slum as the "largest shanty town in Asia." Orangi is in fact a lower-class settlement with basic amenities of life available to most of the people. Only some parts of Orangi Town can be characterized as a slum. At in size, it is "significantly less dense than most urban slums and also more structured". In comparison, Dharavi is home to one million people in about . Ninety percent of Orangi's streets are connected to sewage services. Ninety-six percent of homes in Orangi have their own private latrine or toilet. Most homes in Orangi feature two or three rooms. In 2001, Orangi was formally organized and established as a proper part of the city of Karachi and granted its own town council. By 2004, over 90% of households in Orangi were connected to the city's electric grid, although up to 20% of connections were illegal. Geography Orangi is bordered by New Karachi to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujjar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate to the west. There are 13 official neighborhoods, each with its own council, which has allowed the township to build its own sewer system. Orangi stretches out from the Khasba Hills, North Nazimabad and Paposh Nagar towards the northern parts of Karachi and covers approximately of land. The Khasba Hills forms a natural boundary between Orangi Town and North Nazimabad. The defunct City District Government constructed a road through the Khasba Hills connecting Orangi with North Nazimabad. Demography Orangi's population alone is estimated to be over one million. When combined with neighboring Baldia, the population is over two million. Twenty-five percent of Orangi's population is Pashtuns, and another 25% Muhajir. A significant population of Muhajirs are Biharis who migrated from Bihar in 1947, and from East Pakistan in 1971. The remaining 50% is a mix of Afghans, Balochis, Bengalis, Punjabis, and Sindhis. Orangi Pilot Project A Poverty-Alleviation project, called the Orangi Pilot Project, was initiated by Akhtar Hameed Khan in 1980. The project was aimed at socioeconomic development of Orangi. The project comprises a number of programs, including a people's financed and managed low-cost sanitation program, a housing