Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah reviewed development schemes of Irrigation, agriculture, Forest, Livestock and road sectors, including canal upgradation of KB Feeder network for K-IV.
The meeting was attended by Sindh Minister for Irrigation Jam Khan Shoro, Chairman P&D Hassan Naqvi, PSCM Fayaz Jatoi, Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Work Imran atta Soomro.
Special Secretary P&D Asghar Memon, Member P&D Fatah Tunio and others, said a statement. The chief minister said that upgradation of Kalri Baghar Feeder network was important to enhance water requirement from Keenjhar Lake for Karachi.
“We have to upgrade it so that it could carry more than 1200 Cusecs for the K-IV project,” he said.Another scheme, Syed Murad Ali Shah discussed was rehabilitation of KB Feeder System and extension of Keenjhar Lake. “This would also help to arrange more water for the city of Karachi,” he said and directed Chairman P&D to prepare its necessary documentation. The other two important projects cleared were Rehabilitation of Left bank Outfall Drainage system and construction of Sea protective Dyke in Thatta district.
These projects would cost over Rs 200 billion. A scheme of restoration of the Forest Ecosystem has also been worked out for which the federal government would be requested to bear its 50 percent cost and the remaining 50 percent would be arranged by the provincial government, the chief minister said.
The agriculture department has also recommended two schemes: water conservation through construction of water storage reservoirs coupled with a solar pumping system and Cold Storage units for farmers with a capacity of 1000 MT. Both the schemes cost over Rs2 billion. The chief minister said that these both schemes could be launched on co-sharing between the federal and provincial governments.
The Livestock & Fisheries department submitted three schemes of Rs29 billion for their inclusion in the federal PSP.
They include National Program for Genetic Improvement of Non-Descriptive Cattle in Pakistan, Pilot Shrimp Farming Cluster Development Project, Project on import substitution and export promotion for livestock & fisheries.
The chief minister directed Chairman P&D to clear their PC-I and send them for PSDP. Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to establish a robotic Surgery system at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center-JPMC unit for regular surgeries and training of new surgeons so that such units could be installed and operationalized in all district headquarter hospitals.
He issued these directives in his meeting with the Executive Director of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center and acting Vice Chancellor of JPMC Prof Shahid Rasool here at CM House, said a statement.
The chief minister discussed installation of the Robotic Surgery System in JPMC with the Executive director for regular surgery and training of new surgeons. “This will not only help to modernize the surgery system but increase the number of surgeries per day,” the CM said and added it would be upgraded as a master training center where new surgeons would be imparted robotic surgeries for DHQ hospitals.
Prof Shahid Rasool told the chief minister that the JPMC was facing acute shortage of staff at administrative and clinical sides. At this the chief minister directed him to appoint necessary staff from BS-1 to BS-16 on contingency basis. The requirement of Assistant professors and professors may be met from JSMU.
