LARKANA, July 7: District Coordination Officer, Larkana, Dr Badaruddin Ujjan has said that proper planning played a vital role in shaping development activities. He was speaking at a training workshop for district officers held here on Tuesday.

The workshop was organized by the Planning and Development Department in collaboration with Unicef. The DCO said that under the newly introduced local bodies system the district officers must realize their responsibilities and adopt modern knowledge to carry out development schemes.

Dr Ujjan asked the district officers to avail the chance of training. It would help them in preparing PC-1 to PC-V (planning commission format) for the planning process.

Chief of foreign-aided project in Planning Department Hassan Ali, chief of education cell in Planning Department Hashim Mughal in their speeches highlighted the importance of training. They said that earlier such workshops had been held in Khairpur, Sanghar and Jacobabad.

They said under the devolution plan there was a need for such training in education, health, community development, service and works and other departments. The aim of the workshop was to help officials in preparing proper PC-1 in the interest of common man so that the government money could be utilized in a proper manner.

The workshop was largely attended by EDOs of finance and planning, service and works, health, education, community development, besides other officers of the district. Additional Chief Secretary (Development and Planning) Mr Ghulam Sarwar Khero would preside over the closing session of the workshop on Wednesday.

WATER SHORTAGE EXPLAINED: The Rice Canal and Dadu Canal were facing a shortage of water because of reduced water level at upstream Sukkur Barrage. This was stated by the superintendent engineer (Western Sindh Circle), Larkana, on Tuesday.