Tejaban

Tejaban is a small village in Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is 70km from Turbat, near a river known as the Kech River. Agricultural activities in Tejaban are possible due to water from the Kech. But the river results in many problems as well. Lack of safe ways to control the water results dangerous consequences in heavy rain seasons as water enters into agricultural lands and destroys the crops. The word Tejaban means "a lot of water".Tejaban is surrounded by mountains and rivers and it is between the two villages of Hironk and Hoshab.Agricultural activitiesAgriculture is the backbone of Tejaban; maximum earning is directly or indirectly connected with agriculture. Water for agriculture is allocated through the Karez System. Some of the agricultural lands are owner-cultivated while others are given to 2nd parties on shared basis. The share of owner is 2/3 while the share of cultivator remains 1/3.Various crops are cultivatedVarious crops are cultivated in Tejaban. The list of crops being cultivated is long but some popular crops are rice, date, bakla, wheat, and onion. All these crops are produced in bulk quantities but the specialty of Tejaban are dates. The cultivation of wheat is totally dependent on rains as it is cultivated in bands (Bands are agricultural lands which are not connected to Karez system and watering of these lands is done directly from river). In the absence of rains, the level of the water becomes very low and sometimes is zero. So much of the time the farmers are unable to cultivate wheat.