JI leader calls for fair water distribution in Sindh

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Kashif Saeed Sheikh has called for fair distribution of agricultural water in Sindh.

He stated in a gathering that the water shortage in Sindh was causing difficulties for settlers and farmers. The collusion of influential people controlling the canals had been affecting the rights of ordinary farmers, he added.

He mentioned that in several districts, even drinking water was not available for the people. He said that due to public resistance, the plans for new canals on the Indus River had been temporarily suspended.

He criticised the corporate farming project and claimed that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had left no stone unturned in auctioning off Sindh’s resources. Under the guise of corporate farming, millions of acres were being given to powerful entities, he said, adding that if the PPP was sincere, these lands should be allotted among landless farmers.