HYDERABAD, July 22: The Sindh National Council (SNC) has observed that the Indus delta will be destroyed and people living in areas within 100 miles of the delta will have to migrate if big dams are constructed on the Indus river.

At a meeting held here on Wednesday, the supreme council of the SNC also said that big dams had been rejected all over the world because there were detrimental to cultural heritage.

The council deplored non-implementation of the 1991 water accord in letter and in spirit. It said democratic norms in the country were being violated and the rulers who claimed to be exponents of democracy were not prepared to doff their uniforms.

The meeting charged that political activities in the country had been banned under section 144 of the CrPC.

It lashed out at the Tharparkar district nazim for not allowing People's Party Parliamentarians candidate Mahesh Malani to hold a public meeting although he was the party candidate against Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz for NA-229.

The council lauded the role of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement for highlighting problems of the oppressed nations.

Criticizing lawlessness and police excesses in Sindh, it took strong exception to the transfer of Sindhi-speaking secretaries with a view to increasing the strength of non-Sindhi secretaries.

The meeting decided to hold a public meeting in Hyderabad on Aug 8 for creating awareness among people regarding broadcast and telecast of Sindhi language programmes from satellite channels.

It decided to hold similar meetings in Larkana and Karachi.

Expressing concern over the kidnapping of Santosh Kumar in Larkana, the council demanded his immediate recovery.

It criticized a statement of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Ellahi in which he said Punjab was already giving wheat to other provinces and if more dams were constructed, more wheat would be made available to the provinces.

Hussain Bux Thebo presided over the meeting.

SAU: Sindh Agriculture University vice-chancellor Prof Dr Bashir Ahmad Shaikh on Wednesday announced that the university would soon set up an IT centre in Karachi.