ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations on Sunday rejected devolution plan calling it a "destruction plan".

They maintained that it had eroded line of command at provincial and local government levels.

The participants of the meeting, organized by the Human Resource Development Network (HRDN), were of the consensus view that the devolution plan, introduced by National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), is misleading, conceptually wrong, eroding political sense and creating total chaos in the society.

Experts were of the view that the plan lacked political legitimization and was an attempt to erode political system from the country at grass-roots level. They were of the view that this system had created unrest in the total hierarchy of local government system and nobody knew to whom he or she would report.

The group of experts, dealing closely with local government representatives, was of the view that the system introduced by the devolution plan was a mixture of decentralization and delegation of power rather than devolution of power at grass-root level.

"This is why the positive impact are unseen and a tug-of-war among legislators, union councils, nazims, and bureaucrats has been started by introducing this system," reported a group in discussion.

Experts were of the view that devolution of power required autonomy at three levels - political, administrative and financial - and all these three pre-requisites had been denied in this system.

The majority of workers of non-government organizations from rural areas were of the opinion that the concept of citizen community boards has created another chaos at grass-roots level.

"Neither there is a political will nor the capacity been developed and invested so far in the district level. Millions of rupees have been lying unutilized with the district governments because nobody knows who is responsible for allocating them, who is responsible for developmental project planning and who would be responsible for accountability of these funds.

Later addressing the meeting Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Water Resources Senator Nisar Memon said that implementation of law was the most important issue instead of formatting new ones regarding human resource development in Pakistan. He appreciated President Musharraf for introducing reforms in the country and pushing the economy upwards.