Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved Rs700 million grant for relief work being carried out in the rain affected areas of the province and issued directives for appropriate provision of food, mosquito nets, tents, and distribution of fodder for cattle of the affected people. He approved the amount in a meeting he chaired to review relief work in all the rain affected districts of the province. The meeting was attended by Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, SMBR/Relief Commissioner Qazi Shahid Parvez, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput, Administration KMC Iftikhar Shallwani, Secretary Finance Hassan Naqi and other concerned.
The chief minister said that he along with PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has visited rain affected districts, Karachi, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Tharparkar, Sanghar and Badin and found people were in problems. “We, as a government, have tried to provide relief to the affected people but it was not enough,” he said and added that the people in rural areas were demanding fodder and mosquito nets for them and their cattle. Reviewing the funds position for the relief work, the chief minister directed Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi to immediately release Rs700 million and put them on the disposal of SMBR and PDMA.
The SMBR told the chief minister that his department and PDMA would provide every kind of relief and support to the rain affected people but as far as provision of fodder and vet support was concerned it was the job of the Livestock department.
Commissioner Sohail Rajput gave a briefing to the chief minister on Friday about the building collapsed at Allah Wala Town in Korangi area. He said that it was a 80-square yard plot which was divided into two plots, 40 square yards each, and had constructed building ground plus three.
The building was constructed without approval of the SBCA. The collapse of the building caused four lives and injured seven others. The chief minister directed the commissioner to identify other vulnerable buildings in the area and get them vacated.
