Shaheed Fazil Rahu (also known as Golarchi) is a city in district

Badin Badin ( Sindhi and ) is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. It is the 105th largest city in Pakistan. Badin is often called 'Sugar State' due to its production of sugar. Badin Dist ...

. The old name of Golarchi was Tando Akram. It then changed to Shaheed Fazil Rahu after the murder of the peasant leader

Fazil Rahu Shaheed Fazil Rahoo (; 1934 – 17 January 1987) was a Pakistani political leader and one of the most famous peasant leaders in Sindh. He was born in 1934 at Rahuki village, Badin district of Sindh, which became part of Pakistan in 1947. He stru ...

. Golarchi is famous for

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. The term ''petroleum'' refers both to naturally occurring un ...

and

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

. It is also an agricultural centre famous for

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the pr ...

s, paddies and

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

. In Golarchi, there are several

oil field A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the prese ...

s in various locations. One of the main oil fields is near Kario Ghanwer. The main oil and gas field of Golarchi is located at 25 Chak on Sujawal–Badin road. One of the biggest producers of

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

and sunflower in Pakistan, it generates a reasonable revenue. Golarchi has several mills and grinding centers for rice. There are over 50

rice mill A rice mill is a food-processing facility where paddy (unmilled rice) is processed by cleaning the grain, removing the hull, sorting, and packing the rice, leaving it in its final form for sale to consumers. Process The entire product is proc ...

s in Golarchi, including Garibsons Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan's largest rice exporter.

References

Populated places in Badin District {{Sindh-geo-stub