KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that once Shikarpur city was compared with Paris and now it faces serious issues and the foremost problem is its drainage system and said that he wants to resolve it at any cost.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting to review ADP of Shikarpur District.
The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Dr Sikandar Mendhro, Jam Mehtab Dahar, Jam Khan Shoro, Imdad Pitafi, Fayaz Butt, Chairman P&D M. Waseem, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, provincial secretaries, Fazal Pechuho, Hassan Naqvi, Jamal Shah, Aziz Uqaili, Aijaz Memon, Ramzan Awan and others.
The chief minister said that the drainage scheme in Shikarpur was going from 2005 but it has not been completed so far. He said that merely the construction of drainage system in the city was not enough but it must be proper with required width and at natural gravity.
He directed Local Government Minister jam Khan Shoro to personally monitor the drainage work. MPA Imtiaz Shaikh shaikh pointed out that Cattle Colony, shifting of Bus Stand and Upgradation of Shah Abdul Latif University Shikarpur may be upgraded. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that Cattle Colony would be established over an area of 124 acres.
The landfill site was identified by local government and would be set up at Lodra and he said “I am issuing necessary instructions to shift bus terminus at Sukkur-Shikarpur road”.
MNA Aftab Mirani and Imtiaz Shaikh requested the chief minister that the inter road schemes launched for Rs149.799 million should be completed in one. On this the chief minister assured the elected representatives that the internal roads of the city would be completed by end of December.
Abdi Bhayo said that the drainage system of Khanpur was dilapidated. He directed the Local government Department to take necessary action and improve drainage system of Khanpur city.
In the meeting uplift of Garhi Yasin, Lakhi, Lodra and Kot Sultan was also discussed.
It may be noted that in Shikarpur District 10 departments have launched 50 ADP schemes for Rs2069.550 million against which Rs1149.388 million while the utilization is Rs485.236 million.
The meeting was attended by MNA Aftab Shaban Mirani, MPAs Imtiaz Shaikh, Abdi Bhayo, Wahid Bux Bhayo, Chairman District Council Agha Masihuddin and others. NNI
