Demonstration held against water shortage in khairpur

Ahsan Balouch
KHAIRPUR – Members of Sindhi Abadghar Khairpur District, held a protest demonstration here on Monday against acute water scarcity, in khairpur district. They shouted slogans for acceptance of their just demands while holding large banners in their hands. “The Baberloi minor of KW canal are dry and water is unavailable for drinking as well as for irrigation of crops,” the complained the protesters. While on the occasion, leaders Hafiz Haleem, Nadir Ahmed Dayo, Haji Faqeer Muhammad Khoso, Ustad Sharfdin Bhayo and others said that Punjab had been forcibly stealing Sindh’s water for the last one century.
Hafiz Haleem memon said that the water crisis in Sindh has been affecting fruit orchards and agricultural crops, worrying the farmers. “Sindh has a key role in the agriculture economy of the country, he added. An economy which is already facing formidable challenges would have to address more problems,” stated Memon.
Us tad Sharfdin Bhayo said that in 1945 Britishers resolved the water issue but the rulers wanted to deprive Sindh of its legitimate share by constructing hundreds of dams and canals to make it dry. They alleged that the PPP was handing over Sindh’s water to Punjab for power due to which many illegal dams and canals were created after the Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal which led to irrigation water scarcity today in Sindh.