Dadu must be connected with villages to facilitate people: Murad

Author: PPI

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that Dadu district is most important city located on the Indus Highway therefore it must be connected through road networks with small villages and towns to facilitate people of the area.

This he said while presiding over four different meetings to review district and provincial ADPs of different districts here at the Chief Minister (CM) House on Sunday. 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.

Member of National Assembly (MNA) Rafiq Jamali told the meeting that the remodelling of Dadu Canal and Johi Branch was slow and improper. On this, Murad said that it was Rs800 million scheme and directed Secretary Irrigation Jamal Shah to personally monitor the work and make it a quality work.

The scheme of works department which came under discussion include Rs234.845 million 18.4 km Johi road, Rs80.501 about 10 km road from Punj Mori to village Jhalo, improvement of 15 km road of Rs129.467 million from Piaro Station to Sita Road and various others for which the chief minister directed Works Minister Imdad Pitafi to personally look after them and get them completed in time.

Murad directed P&D department to revise Rs589.7 million improvements and extension of drainage scheme Dadu so that it could be completed by end of December 2017. He directed PHE, education, health and works department to complete their schemes in the district with special attention.

It may be noted that 12 different department have launched 122 schemes in Dadu district for Rs7977.556 million against which Rs3107.008 million have been released while Rs1899.660 million have been utilized. He told that the elected representatives of Dadu district that he had identified 20 ongoing schemes to complete them by end of June because they had been made fully funded. He urged them to personally monitor ongoing works so that their quality and pace could be made proper.

The MNAs of Dadu Rafiq Jamali, Imran Zafar Leghari, Musrat Rafiq Mahesar, MPAs Pir Mujeeb, Ghulam Shah Jilani, Aziz Junejo, Kulsoom Chandio, SHajila Leghari, Chairman Distt Council Ashraf Solangi and others.