Author: Amar Guriro

The Palla stays away

by Amar Guriro | Apr 16, 2016

Pakistan is losing a living heritage, as climate change and dams upstream have led to lack of enough water in the Indus for the famous Palla fish to swim upstream and spawn

Pakistan’s lifeline river Indus is no more a spawning ground for the famous south Asian Hilsa fish, known locally as the Palla. Scientists blamed the change in monsoon pattern…Read More

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