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The Nile River: Sindh’s Water Theft and the Indus River

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In human history, civilizations began with agriculture. Agriculture required flowing freshwater, which could not only be used for cultivation but also provided drinking water for people and animals. Along with the flow of rivers, silt accumulates at the floodplains, which is where human settlements began and new civilizations were established.

The oldest civilizations were formed along the floodplains of the Indus and Nile rivers. The Egyptian civilization arose on the floodplains of the Nile River, while the Indus civilization developed along the floodplains of the Indus River.

The Nile River flows through thirteen African countries: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Sudan, eventually emptying into the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt. Despite its passage through these countries, none of them block the flow of the Nile.

The Indus River originates in China from the mouth of Mount Kailash in Tibet, flows through Ladakh (which is under India’s control), and passes through Gilgit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh in Pakistan before draining into the Arabian Sea (also known as the Sindhi Sea).

The Indus River is the most sacred river in the world’s oldest religion, Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism). Its water is considered sacred in both Sanatan Dharma and Buddhism.

For the past 150 years, Punjab has been attempting to control and divert the water of the Indus River, beginning during the British era. After the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, Punjab’s political control allowed it to steal the Indus River’s water by constructing dams and canals.

Punjab has already built Tarbela, Mangla, and other dams on the Indus River. The conspiracy to build the Kalabagh Dam is still ongoing. Punjab has been forcefully taking Sindh’s water through the Chashma, Taunsa, and Jinnah barrages.

In an ongoing conspiracy to irrigate Punjab’s barren lands, new canals have been drawn from the Indus River. As a result, Sindh is being slowly dried up. This will cause the lower part of Sindh to sink into the sea and the upper part to be covered with salinity. It is the national duty of every Sindhi, both in Sindh and around the world, to oppose the theft of the Indus River’s water.

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