LARKANA, Nov 17: Objections raised by the Sindh health department are the main cause of delay in the establishment of a dental college in the city. Sources told this correspondent on Wednesday that the district government had planned the first ever big dental college for the benefit of students and patients of the upper Sindh and committed itself to pay the lion's share for the project.

The director of the Sindh oral and dental health, Dr Ghulam Hussain, and the principal of the Chandka Medical College in consultation with the district government had prepared a PC-I for the project and submitted it to the Sindh health department a year back.

District Nazim Khursheed Junejo had conveyed to the Sindh chief minister during his visit to the city that some officials were making hurdles in the establishment of the college.

Mr Junejo said that the chief minister had asked his secretary for clearing the PC-I for the setting up of the college with the maiden intake of 50 students. However, the health department marking eight objections on the summery wrote to the director of the Sindh oral health for certain clarifications.

The district nazim said he had a detailed meeting with the Sindh health secretary about the early establishment of the college. He claimed that the district government would not only provide building but would also bear a major share of expenses.

Mr Junejo said the teaching staff was already available. He said the secretary had promised to start dental medical college in the city near the Chandka Medical College.