By Hanif Samoon
The farmers and growers of Sindh on Friday came on the roads on various districts of the southern and central parts of the province to register protest against the import of tomatoes, onions and other products from Iran and other countries.
The protestors, requested government to stop importing tomatoes from Iran, they said that crops of tomatoes in various districts of the southern and central parts of Sindh were ready to cater to the needs of the consumers in most parts of the country.
The demonstrations were held in Hyderabad, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tando Mohammad Khan,Sujawal, Thatta and some towns of Tharparkar districts to press the federal government to stop such practices that will harm the agriculture sector of the province.
The big demonstration was held in Hyderabad where the leaders of various political parties, activists, members of the civil society joined them and pressed the government to mend its ways and stop exploiting the farming community of Sindh.
Farmers were pressing on that crops cultivated by farmers and growers in Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Sujawal, Tando Mohammad Khan. Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Matyari Sanghar and other districts of the province, is now being marketed by the producers as per the need of the markets and hoped that the produce of the tomatoes was now enough to cater to requirements in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad Faisalabad, Multan and other markets of Punjab.
Various farmer’s organizations talking to this reporter warned the federal government of the dire consequences if their demands were not met at the earliest. They farmers in various towns of Sindh protested peacefully to divert the attention of rulers towards their genuine demands and hoped that Prime Minister Imran Khan would himself take notice of their wide protests else they warned to widen the scope of their protests by giving the shutdown calls in towns across the region.
