Awami Tehreek stages rally in Karachi’s Razaqabad area against 6 disputed canals, corporate farming, and IRSA Act Amendments
Malir, Karachi, Sindh
Awami Tehreek organized a protest rally on Monday March 17 in Razaqabad area against the construction of six new canals from the Indus River, corporate farming projects, and amendments to the IRSA Act.
A large number of women, children, elders, youth, laborers, and students participated in the rally. Slogans were chanted against the Cholistan Canal.
The rally was led by Awami Tehreek’s Central Senior Vice President Noor Ahmad Katiar, Malir District President Pirha Soomro, Advocate Khalid Tunio, Sindhi Shagird Tahreek’s Central President Advocate Naveed Abbas Kalhoro, Sindhi Mazdoor Tahreek’s Central General Secretary Zubair Nonari, social worker Khuda Dino Shah, Advocate Abdullah Bapar, Sattar Gopang, Aziz Langah, Sundar Kumar, Jam Sagar, Nabi Bux Sheikh, Dr. Rahmatullah Brohi, Bhoora Lal Bheel, Murtaza Zaur, and others.
Addressing the rally, Awami Tehreek’s Central Senior Vice President Noor Ahmad Katiar said, “Sindh has out rightly rejected the anti-Sindh schemes to build canals on the Indus River. Punjab must be held accountable for its 150-year-long theft of Sindh’s water. The Cholistan Canal project is a plan to massacre millions of Sindh’s people.”
He added, that PTI members in the Punjab Assembly have demanded canals from the Indus River. PTI and PPP are two sides of the same coin. President Zardari approved the canals, corporate farming, and IRSA Act amendments on 8 July 2024, while the PPP’s Sindh government is theatrically opposing them. Instead of passing resolutions in the Sindh Assembly, the PPP should separate from Shahbaz Sharif’s government.
Katiar said that Sindh is already barren due to water scarcity. The absence of water release downstream of Kotri Barrage has turned Sindh’s fertile land into barren. The destruction of the Indus Delta has left millions in Sindh suffering from hunger and unemployment.
He declared, that the six canals on the Indus River aim to annihilate the Sindhi nation. PPP’s anti-canal statements are lies, drama, and fraud. President Zardari is trying to deceive the public by approving these canals. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is a major supporter of corporate farming projects. The PPP has sold every inch of Sindh for power. The people of Sindh will fight till their last breath to protect the Indus River.
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