Within the last few years i have had the opportunity to visit the so called rural areas around Lahore, Gujranwala and recently Qasoor as well... the reason was that we were searching for a good agricultural land... it is shocking to see that most of the agricultural land in lahore district has now been converted into housing schemes and/or farm houses... right from Barki road, Bedian Road, Lahore sharaqpur road, ferozepur road to even multan road all areas have been bought and are now being sold as plots... All of Baharia town, DHA phase 4, 5, 6 ,7 ,8, 9, 10, Imperail garden/Paragon city, GT farm houses, New Lahore city, Motor way city, DHA GWA, Jati umra, LDA avenue 1/2, Khayaban-e-Ameen, Colonies on Raiwand road, EME and colonies on canal were lush green and fertile land till a decade back. To add fuel to the fire the LDA is launching the Ravi river front project which will again destroy thousands to million of acres if not more. Government is also or has already allowed the setting up of power plants on fertile land (sahiwal, Nandipur, Nishat). This is the scene around Lahore only and i can give similar examples for alot other districts as well.
How and from where are we going to feed the masses... the price of basic commodities is increasing at a fast pace and this ostrich approach shows the lack of character and far sightedness on part of our leaders.. even the recently announced initiatives to spare the class A land is too little too late. there needs to be a total ban of making anything on class A and B lands be it a power plant, industry, controlled shed or even shops etc... we have so much of barren/water logged or saline land that it would and should be sufficient for such activities. I wish someone would take notice before its too late
How and from where are we going to feed the masses... the price of basic commodities is increasing at a fast pace and this ostrich approach shows the lack of character and far sightedness on part of our leaders.. even the recently announced initiatives to spare the class A land is too little too late. there needs to be a total ban of making anything on class A and B lands be it a power plant, industry, controlled shed or even shops etc... we have so much of barren/water logged or saline land that it would and should be sufficient for such activities. I wish someone would take notice before its too late