Rehabilitation work has started in flood affected areas of Sindh Province, Sharjeel Memon

by Akram Ranjhani
Karachi: Provincial Minister of Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the rehabilitation work has started in the flood-affected areas. are included. He said that committees have been formed at the taluk level to make the rehabilitation process transparent, in which representatives of the Pakistan Army and the National Disaster Management Authority have been included, so that no one is left behind whose house has collapsed. He who is not entitled, should not join them. He said that Sindh People’s Housing Company has been established for the construction of houses. He expressed such thoughts during a press conference at Sindh Archives on Thursday. He said that the position of the federal government is that the victims should be given money for the construction of houses. In this regard, money will be released to the victims for the construction of houses in phases and the committees will monitor them at the taluk level. He said that NGOs are also being included in the construction of houses. Provincial Minister of Information said that as big as the natural calamity was, the Sindh government has done relief activities with more speed. Sindh Chief Minister and his team are working. Irrigation Department, Local Authority, Public Health Engineering and other related agencies are engaged in dewatering and relief activities. He said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given a target of 30 October for the disposal of water from the affected areas, but it may take more time. Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the Sindh government has allocated 7 billion rupees for the supply of seeds to the farmers. While 785 people have died due to recent rains and floods, whose relatives are being given an aid of 10.10 lakh rupees per person. While ration bags have been distributed in more than 18 lakh families. He said that the federal government is giving billions of rupees to the flood victims of Pakistan under the Benazir Income Support Program. So far, 70 billion rupees have been distributed among the victims. He said that the Benazir Income Support Program was started by President Asif Ali Zardari during his regime, the purpose of which was to provide data for relief to the victims of natural calamities in addition to routine aid. Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the Pakistan People’s Party is always ready for elections, in the recent by-elections, the Pakistan People’s Party was focused on two seats, and the Pakistan People’s Party won the two seats with a large margin and defeated the PTI. The person who used to say that he is a popular leader, with these two sets proved how popular this person is in front of Pakistan People’s Party. He said that Pakistan People’s Party wants local elections to be held tomorrow, God willing, Pakistan People’s Party will emerge as the single largest party in Karachi’s local elections. He said that the problem is lack of police force to establish law and order. Currently, water is available in 30% rural areas. The police is responsible for the relief campaign and the delivery and distribution of relief supplies. The Sindh government asked the federation to provide security personnel so that local elections can be held on October 23. He said that the Sindh government suggested to the Election Commission that if the federal government does not provide security, local elections in Karachi should be held in two phases. Local elections should be held in half of Karachi’s districts on October 23, and local elections should be held in the rest of the districts three to four days later. He said that Sindh government has never asked not to hold local elections on October 23. He said that the Election Commission did not approve the Sindh government’s proposal and postponed the local elections. He said that the government of Sindh has never run away with the local elections.