HYDERABAD, Sept 25: A survey team appointed by the Sindh government has recently carried out a survey of the drought- affected area of Kohistan to identify sites for the construction of small dams.

This was said by Dadu District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar in a statement faxed to Dawn here on Saturday.

He said that the team was headed by provincial additional chief secretary Ghulam Sarwar Khero and comprised irrigation Ashfaq Ahmed Memon, works and services secretary Faisal Maqsood and some district officials.

The nazim said that the team, accompanied by him, carried out surveys for the construction of the proposed Darawar, Dawood and Khaveji Mool dams and other development projects.

He said that the feasibility report of the dams would be submitted to the federal government and added that the team would also prepare a feasibility report of Nai Gaj dam project to be constructed near Johi.

Mr Sikandar expressed the hope that the construction of the water reservoirs would herald an agricultural revolution in the arid areas of Kohistan and Kachho.

SIT-IN: Activists of the Sindhi Hindu Sudhar Tanzeem, Tando Mohammad Khan, staged a sit-in on the Hyderabad-Badin road here on Saturday to protest against the alleged kidnapping of two scheduled caste women from Karachi.

Speaking on the occasion, the leaders of the organisation, Dr Sagar Lal and others, alleged that the henchmen of an influential landlord, Israr Khoso, had kidnapped two married daughters of Rani Baghri.

They further alleged that the brother of the kidnapped women, Mirlal Baghri, had been arrested by the Jacobabad police.

They said that they feared that the kidnapped women might be forced to change their religion.

They demanded that the kidnapped women should be produced before the Sindh High Court and handed over to their mother.

They warned of protest demonstrations throughout Sindh if the kidnapped women were not recovered.