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Al Jazeera
Environment

Swallowed by the sea, Pakistan’s Indus delta now threatened by canals

Increasing land degradation in Indus delta has pushed people like Nathi Mallah to switch from farming to fishing [Manesh Kumar/Al Jazeera]

Thatta, Pakistan – On a sunny afternoon at Dando Jetty, a small fishing village in Pakistan’s sprawling Indus Delta, a boat is being unloaded and another is about to leave for the Arabian Sea.

The melodious voice of Sindhi folk singer Fouzia Soomro rises from a loudspeaker playing on a nearby parked boat.

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