KARACHI, Dec 6: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed concerned authorities to immediately disburse compensation to the families/ next of kin of the deceased who lost their lives during torrential rains in last August.
He also took serious notice of the inordinate delay in submission of comprehensive reports of the losses by some of the districts and asked the concerned departments to expedite the same so that detailed report of the losses could be sent to the federal government.
Presiding over a meeting on Wednesday to review relief measures taken so far, the chief secretary asked the secretary works to use available funds for road repairs and better communication facilities.
Sindh Relief Commissioner Syed Anwar Haider, who is also senior member of the Board of Revenue, briefed the meeting about the relief provided to the rain affectees to compensate their losses.
The chief secretary advised Additional Chief Secretary (Planning and Development) Ghulam Sarwer Khero to work out estimates and prepare chapter-wise losses in respect of human lives and cattle losses.
He also sought detailed reports about infrastructural damages.
Fazlur Rehman directed Additional Chief Secretary (Local Government) Rukhsana Saleem to get feedback from the district governments about availability of ambulances and fire tenders in each district and float summary through finance department so that necessary steps should be taken to provide these necessities to the districts.
It may be recalled here that soon after the torrential rains, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had paid visit to Sindh and announced that the federal government would share 50 per cent compensation for payment of relief to the affectees.
But, the Sindh government could not send the report of losses to claim 50 per cent share for want of comprehensive reports from some of the badly affected districts including Badin, Thatta, Umerkot, Matiari and Hyderabad. In the last session of the Sindh Assembly, which was summoned by the government, some members had also raised the issue through point of order about the inordinate delay in compensation to the rain affectees and Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad had also cited the reason for want of reports.
