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| November 7, 2003 | Friday | Ramazan 11, 1424 |
Rain victims expose relief operation: Two Badin villages still flooded
BADIN, Nov 6: The residents of Budhal Khan Panhwar and Jafar Khan Panhwar villages held a demonstration in Gharibabad on Thursday against the District Relief Committee and the district administration.
They were protesting against the committee and administration for failing to drain out water still standing in two villages of Badin taluka and neglecting their residents in rehabilitation work.
Talking to the protesters, villagers Budhal Khan Panhwar, Hussain Panhwar, Nawaz, Saleh Panhwar and others accused the district administration of partisan attitude in providing relief to the victims.
They said rainwater had not been drained out from the villages despite the lapse of three months since the rains and consequent flood.
They said the villagers were facing problems as knee-deep water was standing in and around their houses.
The residents said their families, particularly children, were infected with various water-borne diseases.
They said because of stagnant water in the villages, at least four persons were bitten by snakes and a woman, Hawa, had died of snakebite.
They said DRC chairman MPA Syed Ali Bux Shah had visited the villages and assured the people of early arrangements to drain out the stagnant water but nothing had been done so far in this regard.
They demanded that the prime minister, Sindh chief minister and other authorities should order immediate arrangements to drain out flood water from the villages.
MINISTER: Sindh Population Welfare Minister Imtiaz Shaikh has said the united Pakistan Muslim League would undertake schemes to provide basic amenities to the people of the province.
The member of the PML organizing committee was talking to journalists at an Iftar party hosted by MPA Shah in Vanai village the other day.
He said the Sindh Democratic Alliance leadership decided to merge their party with the PML to tackle the Sindh situation and resolve problems of the people.
He said he would recommend to the government to increase job age limit by 10 years so that qualified people of Sindh could avail job opportunities.
Responding to a question, he said 450 vacant posts in his department would soon be filled on merit basis.
About construction of the Kalabagh dam, the minister said he still stood up for Sindh Assembly resolutions on the issue.
Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Assembly Deputy Speaker Raheela Tawana said the opposition should play a positive role in assemblies and work for welfare of the people.
She said her party would not accept any decision against the interests of Sindh and would work for the cause of the province.
About honour killings, the deputy speaker said she would present a bill in the assembly against the practice.
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