Deal #355
Pakistan
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2021-12-12
Last full update
2021-12-12
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Not consulted
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Comment on displacement of people
100-150 families
Al Dahra Agriculture has forcedly grabbed 202 ha of land in the village of Sayed, Khadim Ali Shah, Mirpurkhas district.
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Eviction, Other
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Through a lease, local landlords formerly growing food crops are now planting rhodes grass and alfalfa. Farmers are suddenly reduced to being underpaid grass production workers.
Farmers were suddenly reduced to being underpaid grass production workers. Since heavy machinery does most of the work, labour opportunities are also few, driving many farmers to work as sharecroppers in other villages or to migrate to the cities.
Grass production by Al Dahra has also caused water shortage in adjacent lands.