Sindh, March 20 (NationPress) Numerous demonstrations took place throughout Pakistan's Sindh on Thursday as part of the ongoing province-wide resistance against the federal government's initiative to construct six canals on the Indus River. The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) spearheaded a rally from the old campus of the University of Sindh to the Hyderabad Press Club, urging the federal government to abandon the canal project.

Moreover, various political parties, activists, farmers, doctors, and students participated in protest marches across Sindh against the canal construction, as reported by local media.

Participants of the SCA reiterated their demands on Wednesday, insisting that the federal government must promptly issue a notification to cease the execution of canal projects, including the Cholistan Canal and the Green Pakistan Initiative.

In a speech delivered at the press club to a large audience of farmers, SCA President Zainul Abideen Shah expressed that no canal, particularly the Cholistan Canal, was acceptable to growers, asserting that the project aimed to render Sindh entirely barren.

"The five million residents of Sindh view the Cholistan Canal and similar canal projects as a threat to their very existence. This concern arises from the fact that the nation's reservoirs lack sufficient water to support additional canals," quoted Shah in a leading Pakistani newspaper, The Express Tribune.

In another instance, the Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) party organized a rally in Tandojam, Sindh, to protest against the canals and corporate farming practices.

Party President Ayaz Latif Palijo, who led the rally, stated that Sindh had been surrendered to the land mafia. He warned that the Cholistan and other canals would permanently deprive Sindh of its water, linking the province's survival directly to the Indus.

Last month, Palijo, during a protest against the canal projects, articulated that the new canals under the Cholistan project constitute an assault on Sindh, claiming they would devastate the province's agricultural landscape, displace millions, and worsen poverty.

In Nawabshah, demonstrations were organized by activists of Jeay Sindh Mahaz to voice their opposition to the canal constructions. Protesters marched and threatened to block roads if the canal project was not revoked, as reported by the leading daily, Dawn.

In recent weeks, the entire province of Sindh has been engulfed in protests against the federal government's canal project on the Indus River.

Activists, members of various political factions, civil society organizations, trade unions, and literary associations are united against the government which is advancing the construction of six canals on the Indus River.

The protests, echoing calls to "let the water flow," have occurred throughout the province, with citizens denouncing such projects as "anti-people policies" and a "violation" of Sindh's rights.