On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, 2025, the Awami Tehreek of Thatta and Sujawal districts organized a protest at the Doolahe Darya Khan Bridge (Thatta-Sujawal Bridge)

Thatta (PR): On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, 2025, the Awami Tehreek of Thatta and Sujawal districts organized a protest at the Doolahe Darya Khan Bridge (Thatta-Sujawal Bridge). Workers and leaders of the Awami Tehreek and the Sindhiani Tehreek, including Awami Tehreek’s Central Senior Vice President Noor Ahmed Katiar, Abdul Qadir Ranto, Ali Muhammad Kalmati, Majid Sagar Parihar, Abdul Razzaq Chandio, Aziz Memon, Sindhyani Tehreek’s Central Leader Salma Lashari, Sajida Parhiar, Aamna Zaur, Shazia Bhayo, Darya Khan Zaur, Ghanwar Khan Zaur, Mitha Khan Lashari, Shah Muhammad Chang, Bilawal Lashari, Aman Hussain Azad, Amanullah Brohi, Ghulam Ali Zaur, Habib Khoso, and others, gathered at the river to offer flowers and stage a sit-in.
On this occasion, a protest was held against the six strategic canals and corporate farming. Addressing the participants and speaking to media representatives, the leaders of Awami Tehreek stated: “The Indus River is the lifeline of Sindh and the guarantor of Sindh’s existence. The Punjabi rulers have been looting Sindh’s water for 150 years. Projects like the Cholistan Canal and the Green Pakistan Initiative are daggers aimed at Sindh’s survival. The Punjabi rulers sold three rivers of Sindh to India, betraying the nation. President Zardari, by amending the IRSA Act, is selling the Indus River’s water to foreign companies, backing plans for the genocide of Sindhis. The construction of six new canals under the Green Pakistan Initiative and corporate farming is annihilating Sindhis, turning Sindh into a desert and drowning the country’s economy.”
They further said: “Keenjhar Lake, Haleji Lake, and all other water resources are being occupied. Through corporate farming projects, millions of acres of Sindh’s land are being seized and handed over to foreign capitalists. The Sindhi nation will continue its daily struggle for survival and existence, and its peaceful democratic resistance will persist with vigor until the SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and corporate farming projects are abolished.”