Sindh government supplies 2.4m gallons of water to Bahria Town at Rs 7.512 million per month: Provincial assembly told

The Sindh Assembly Wednesday learnt that the Sindh government supplies 2.4 million water gallons to Bahria Town Karachi for Rs7.512 million per month.

During a question and answer session, which was about the Sindh Local Government Department's affairs, provincial legislature came to know that Karachi Water and Sewerage Board supplies water to Bahria Town every month. Parliamentary Secretary Local Government Department, Saleem Baloch told lawmakers that the government fetches Rs Rs7.512 million per month from the water connection.

The Q&A session that had exclusive time allocation of one hour ended in just five minutes as five of the questions was postponed due to lawmakers' absence. The house started its business one and a half hour late from its schedule but found very thin attendance. Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, Sindh Health Minister, told the house that 14 dialysis machines out of 20 at Larkana's Chandka Medical College are operational. The defected machines, she said, are being revamped.

She said that the 11 new dialysis machines need RO plant to run, while replying to PTI's minority legislator Sanjay Gangwani, who claimed in his call attention notice that the concerned hospital in Larkana has no machines to carry out patients' dialysis. He said that there are 250 registered patients at the hospital who are facing difficulties due to defected RO plants. He said that only 40 patients are being provided medical treatment. "Once the RO plants start working the dialysis machines will also become operational," the health minister assured the house, adding that more such machines will also be provided to the hospital.

The house also introduced the Sindh Agriculture Produce Markets (Amendment) Bill 2019 but turned down Khurram Sher Zaman's adjournment motion on poor law and order in the city. According to the motion 12 people have been murdered in target killing incidents so far this year. Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh claimed the government has restored peace in the city under the leadership of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and defended the killing by saying that such number of killings even happen in London every year.