Kotri barrage water being diverted to lands of feudal lords of Sukkur, moot told.

Byline: Hanif Samoon

BADIN -- Speakers at a conference on water crisis and its impacts on agriculture and ecology of the district held in Tarai town on Saturday urged authorities concerned to save Badin from further devastation and claimed that water of Kotri barrage was being diverted to the lands of feudal lords whose estates fell within catchment area of Sukkur barrage.

A water expert and environmentalist, Mir Ghulam Rasool Talpur, said at the moot organised by Save Badin Action Committee that it was sad the Sindh's rulers had never bothered to improve agriculture and irrigation systems over the years and focused their attention only on irrigating their ever expanding farmlands by stopping water to the lands of small growers and farmers.

He claimed that water of Kotri barrage was being diverted to the lands of feudal lords that fell within the catchment area of Sukkur barrage by erecting blockages at Alipur regulator near Matli and...