KHAIRPUR: Date growers have being suffering losses of millions of rupees due to the monopoly of traders and negligence of the government.
Balochistan grows dates on an area of 50,800 hectors, with 200,800 metric tonnes produced, in Sindh it is cultivated on 32,000 hectors, producing above 300,000 metric tonnes, in Punjab about 5,900 hectors area and producing 45,000 metric tonnes, in KPK on 1,400 hectors area producing 10,500 metric tonnes but government has been paying no attention for promotion of date and never prepared a plan to provide facilities to date growers.
In Khaipur district date gardens are established above 50,000 acres area and is the the main source of the revenue in Taluka Khairpur. But federal and Sindh governments as well as district administration have not been paying attention for the improvement and promotion of date production. The date are being exported to America, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia and India.
Published in Daily Times, July 25th 2017.
