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BADIN, Jan 6: Senator Bibi Yasmin Shah has said that a development package under the DERA-III programme has been proposed for providing better health, education and communication facilities to the people of the district.
Talking to this correspondent here on Thursday, she said that an amount of Rs2.44 billion would be spent on 267 development schemes. Giving a break-up of the plan, she said that 64 schemes at a cost of Rs408.753 million would be given to Badin taluka and 84 schemes of Rs777.188 to Tando Bago taluka.
Likewise, Rs257.242 million for 25 schemes, Rs487.047 million for 39 schemes, and Rs518.824 million for 55 schemes would be provided to Talhar, Shaheed Fazil Rahu, and Matli talukas respectively, she added.
Full-fledged maternity homes would be set up in Nindo Shaher, Pangrio, Malkana Sharif and Tando Bago towns at a cost of Rs7.35 million, and that a grid station had been sanctioned in Tando Bago town, work on which would be started soon, the senator concluded.
FISHERMEN: Fishermen of the coastal belt remain in fear of harassment by Rangers personnel while going to their traditional fishing areas, with some such incidents being quoted by fishermen since the past three days.
Fisherman Mithan Mallah said that they were law-abiding citizens and did not want any confrontation with law enforcement agencies, in fact, they often bore victimization patiently.
He said that till finalization of the policy, the government should issue authority letters to the fishermen so they could earn their livelihood. Meanwhile, sources at the fisheries department said that licences to 700 fishermen would be issued till the final decision.
PROTEST: Employees of the district council and their children staged a sit-in for the 14th consecutive day to protest against allotment of the council's shops to union council nazims and others.
They claimed that they had tenancy rights over the shops, which had been in their possession since long and were the source of their livelihood. The allotments were made through the back door, they alleged. They demanded that the authorities cancel the allotments/leases forthwith.
