Sindh Chief Minister, Ali Muhammad Mahar has said that the government is giving top priority to agriculture sector and efforts are being made by both public and private sectors to address all problems confronted by the agriculture community in the province.
Talking to a growers delegation at Magsi House on Tuesday he said that the government is fully aware of the problems confronted by the growers and had already taken various steps to introduce modern farm management system, improved marketing system of agriculture.
He said that the banking sector has also launched tractors financing scheme, and improved the rating of production loans.
He said no major water project would be undertaken with out the consensus of opinion of all the stakeholders in the country. He hoped that water distribution system would be brought strictly under Water Accord 1991 in the interest of national solidarity.
Later, talking to a delegation of citizens he conceded that the civic infrastructure has been failed due to negligence of successive government in the past and assured that all civic facilities would be restructured under development package of Hyderabad.
The chief minister was informed that the water born diseases are gaining alarming proportions due to supply of contaminated drinking water to the people.
He also met a delegation of PML-(Q) headed by Dr Badar Channa and discussed with them party matters.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004

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