DCo takes notice of water shortage

Khairpur June 30, 2009: DCO Khairpur has taken notice of shortage of irrigation water in taluka Faiz Gunj, Sobhodero and Thari Mirwah when he along with Chief Engineer Irrigation Sukkur Bararge and other concerned officials visited these talukas some days ago.
He was briefing a meeting of the abadgars of various talukas, irrigation and revenue officials, PPP activists and those abadgars who observed hunger strike for 33 days led by Comrade Ghulam Rasool Sahito, the Chief Organizer Shah Inayat Hari-Abadgar Union.
The meeting was called on directives of PPP MNA Nafisa Shah who had convinced the protesting abadgars to end their hunger strike and had promised them that official steps would be taken to resolve abadgars’ problems including shortage of irrigation water and to make hundreds of out of order SCARP tube-wells functional.
The meeting decided to form a committee on district level and others on taluka level in order to resolve these problems on permanent basis. It was further decided that the committees would held monthly meetings in order to discuss the current problems and issues and to suggest a solution for them.
A committee comprising of three members including PPP activist Raees Ghulam Qasim Jiskani, Raees Qadir Bux Mari and civil society chairman Mir Munawar Talpur was formed at the meeting.
The committee would visit and report as to how many SCARP tube-wells are currently out of order and how many of them are in working condition. It was decided at the meeting that abadgars, irrigation and revenue officials would jointly visit these talukas and indicate the areas from where irrigation water is being theft or there is artificial irrigation water shortage and cases would be lodged through police and anti-corruption.
Comrade Kandero Sahito pointed out at the meeting that due to inefficiency of irrigation department the repair work at Gedeji Supplement minor could not be completed which was to be inaugurated by PPP MNA Nafisa Shah and it would facilities a large number of abadgars of the area.
DCO Khairpur directed the Chief Engineer Irrigation to complete the repair work as soon as possible so that the abadgars may avail irrigation water facility. EDO (Revenue) Khairpur Ahmed Ali Qureshi was made the incharge to look after all these committees whereas Kashif Bhanbhan would look after committee of taluka Faiz Gunj. .