Cholistan’s people seek relief

They also requested the authorities to take notice of the allotment of lands to people of other regions in Cholistan

BAHAWALPUR: The local people of the Cholistan desert have appealed to the government to provide them with relief in connection with the issue of installing fences around Laal Suhanra National Park.

Addressing a news conference at Bahawalpur Press Club, Ghulam Muhammad Daha and Gul Muhammad along with a large number of people of the Cholistan desert area said that they would have to face financial constraints due to the extension of Laal Suhanra National Park and installation of fences around the park.

They added that their families and tribes had been living in the Cholistan desert for centuries and they were indigenous residents of the region.

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They further said that they depended on livestock for their livelihood. "Our families had been facing problems in connection with grazing our cattle due to extension of Laal Sunhanra National Park and installation of fences around the park.

They appealed to the government to provide them with relief in this connection. They also requested the authorities concerned to take notice of the allotment of lands to people of other regions in Cholistan. "It is the right of indigenous residents to get the allotment of land in the Cholistan desert area."

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7^th, 2019.