HYDERABAD: Veteran nationalist leader and founder of the Awami Tehr­eek (now renamed as Qaumi Awami Tehreek) Ras­o­ol Bukhsh Palijo has said that Sindh will stand destr­oyed and its people will become destitute gradually if Kala­bagh dam is built. “The project already rejected by three smaller provinces yea­rs ago, is in fact part of a deep conspiracy to turn Sin­dh’s lands barren and see its people starving and begging.” Mr Palijo told a press conference held in Palijo House in Qasimabad on Saturday.

He noted that some federal ministers and their favourite bureaucrats known for their intrigue had again moved into action to drum up support for the dam project in their continuous efforts to protect interests of only Punjab.

“These ministers and officials, including the Wapda chairman, must resign immediately for indulging in a new campaign for the Kalabagh project, which is against the Constitution and has already been rejected by three provinces,” he said.

Mr Palijo urged the prime minister to remove such anti-Sindh elements from their posts. He also appealed to every citizen of Sindh to resist the dam project tooth and nail as it was a matter of their survival.

Published in Dawn, June 12th, 2016