Haali Sanjh

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Hali Saanjh! ( Farmers organization) ہالی سانجھھ

The movement of Sindho Bachao Tarla was started in 2005 & it became a big movement at later stage. This movement have thousands of members from Chashma Barrage to Ghazi Ghat.The peoples of Riverine Community (Kehal, More, Sehany) & farmers of Bait & Kachhi are the part of this movement. Keeping in view the scenario of the movement, it was felt that the problems of Riverine community and of farmers are different from each other, so it has been decided in Sath (Peoples Assembly) to form a separate organization of farmers at the name of “HALLI SANJH”Halli Sanjh will be purely organization of farmers & agricultural labor & this organization will struggle for their rights.

Manifesto of Haali Sanjh

To struggle and to aware farmers in favour of Cooperative farming instead of corporate farming.
No one have right to posses above 12.5-Acre land.
The allotment of state land in Seraiki Belt must be stopped to influential people and it to be allotted to their original proprietors (local landless women and men) & financial support to be given to them so that they can cultivate that land.
To struggle for getting subsidy in fertilizer, Seeds, Oil & Electricity.
To struggle against the exploitation of Small Farmers by Sugar Mills and Ginning Factories owners and Multinational Corporations.
To struggle for getting jobs in Private Sector and Public Sector to Local People.
To struggle for making separate budget for Seraiki Wasaib.
To struggle for getting right of water of Indus River for Seraiki Wasaib.
To struggle for opening of Girls Primary Schools & Maternity Centre in each village of Seraiki Wasaib and for getting Primary Education in Mother Language.
To struggle for opening of Livestock’s Health Care Centre in each Village and for protection of “Jungles” of Seraiki Wasaib.
To struggle for financial support of farmers producing Organic production and for developing alternative market for Organic products.
To struggle for building of cold storage at Union Council level for storing products of farmers.
To struggle for saving grazing Lands from allotting to influential people.
To struggle for getting interest free loans to Small Farmers and for writing off old loans.
To struggle for spending all Taxes received from agricultural products for the welfare of the Small Farmers.
To struggle free education up to Agriculture University to the Children of Small farmers.

Scope of work.

Our area contains canal-irrigated land. Cotton, wheat, sugar cane and different kinds of vegetables are cultivated here. Most of the people have two to ten acres of land where they cultivate. With the frequent use of fertilizers and pesticides, the lands are becoming polluted. The environmental problems are becoming severed. Because of these factors, the whole ecological system has been affected. The poverty in this area is increasing day by day. The input is to much but the out put is decreasing. Multinational companies to earn the maximum profit are exploiting the people. Some years ago there were such kinds of seeds, which were according to the climate of this area, and they don’t need fertilizers and pesticides. We tried to make the people understand that they must use the old kinds of seeds, which were appropriate for this environment and climate, must be cultivated. We made them cultivate wheat and vegetables experimentally, which gave us the appreciable results. Now this trend in the people is increasing and they have come to know that the profitable crops can be grown without the use of fertilizers and pesticides. The environmental pollution is decreasing accordingly. Sajad Shah, a person, who was used to cultivate the vegetables, told that he had skin diseases since long but when he ate the organic vegetables, he became recovered. We had made 15 people, including three women, to cultivate organic crops. In our target area, we have conveyed the message to hundreds of farmers and women that this process is also possible in this age and a reasonable profit can be earned. The poor men and women, who had no money to purchase the fertilizers and pesticides, are participating in this process now. They are also eliminating their poverty and getting social status. They have become an example for other farmers too. Now they are peacefully protesting against multinational companies for their rights and giving the training to other farmers for organic food. We had difficulties to convince the people because they were in the claws of multinational companies. They had also given up the old way of cultivation and the concerning tools and other necessary things were not easily available so initially they faced difficulties. We made the farmers organizations and made them aware of the disadvantages of frequent use of fertilizers and pesticides and also their effect on environment. We made them aware of the economic losses too. Therefore they became conscious and adopted the advised method of cultivation