Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Law, Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has asked all the provincial ministers to continue to hold open public meetings in all the districts of the province.
According to the provincial adviser, the cabinet had decided that from now onwards, these open public meetings would be held in two parts. In the first part, half of the vicinities of a district would be covered, while the remaining areas would be covered in the next part. Two ministers would be sent to each district to listen and resolve the problems of the people, he said.
Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that Sindh Chief Minister had also directed all the ministers to submit their report of the recent open public meetings they held in their assigned district. He said that the Chief Minister Sindh had also directed the Sindh Chief Secretary to direct all concerned officers to listen to the problems of the people in their respective district and take steps to resolve them.
He said this while briefing the media persons after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The cabinet meeting was presided over by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah. All the provincial ministers, chief secretary and all concerned officers attended the meeting.
Earlier, all the provincial ministers informed the cabinet about the grievances of the people they heard at the recent open public meetings and about the steps they were taking to resolve them.
Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister for Works and Services, Universities Board Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, who held an open public meeting in Hyderabad told the cabinet that, Hyderabad's biggest problem was of sanitation and of cleanliness. Of the total 3500 sanitary workers, only 50 per cent were working, he said. Nisar Khuhro said that the government was giving a lot of funds, but they were not being utilised properly.
Provincial adviser told cabinet that encroachment and law and order were also among the major problems in Hyderabad. He said that encroachments nearby the installations of irrigation system in Hyderabad were being removed. Nisar Khuhro told the cabinet members that there were also complains of non-considering the disabled persons for government jobs.
Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh told cabinet members that people had serious reservations over the operation against the encroachments in Sukkur, provincial minister for information Murtaza Wahab said. People said that our homes have been bulldozed, which is extremely painful," he said. Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh told the cabinet that he explained to the people that the anti-encroachment driver was being carried out on court orders, but he added that people were demanding about their resettlement. He said that Sukkur's major problems included the regularisation of teachers, law and order and the problems related to the irrigation.
Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh told the cabinet that the situation of law and order in Shikarpur was extremely poor, and that there were complaints of extra judicial killings as well. In addition, incidents of kidnapping for the ransom and motorcycle snatching were also increasing rapidly, he said.
Barrister Murtaza said that Minister for Agriculture Mohammad Ismail Rahu, who had been assigned to hold an open public meeting in Larkana, told the cabinet that people liked and appreciated the concept of the open public meetings. Mohammad Ismail Rahu told that most of the complaints he received during the open public meeting in Larkana were against the Police, Revenue, Local Government and Health Department. He said that most of the complaints were of local level, which could be resolved locally.
Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Law, Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab who held an open public meeting in Naushahro Feroze told the cabinet that the people of the district complained against the pathetic condition of the government schools. In addition, barrister Murtaza Wahab said people of the district were also upset by the rising crime rate. He said that people complained that despite passing the written test, they had not received the offer letter for recruitment in Sindh Reserve Police.
Provincial Adviser said that the Minister for Human Settlements, Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, who held an open public meeting in district Sanghar, told the cabinet that the people of the district complained about the lack of education facilities in the district. He told the cabinet that although a new water scheme had been installed in district Shahdadpur, but it had not been given water connection yet. Owing to which the people of the districts were facing immense hardships.
Murtaza Wahab said that the provincial minister for industries & commerce Co-operation, Jam Iktamullah Dharejo who held open public meeting in Kashmore told the cabinet that the district's senior superintendent of police did not attend the public meeting. Most of the complaints in district Kashmore were against the deteriorating Law & Order, Health and Revenue Department, he said. He told the cabinet that the law and order situation in Ghotki was also not in control.
Murtaza Wahab said that the provincial minister for local government, religious affairs, forest & wildlife, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, who held an open public meeting in Shaheed Benazirbad, told the cabinet that people appreciated the concept of the Open Public Meeting. Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that people in Shaheed Benazirabad were mostly complaining about the Local Government Department. In addition, people who were removed from Sindh Reserve Police arrived with their complaints, he added. The provincial minister for local government proposed that as they were trained individuals therefore they should be adjusted.
Murtaza Wahab said that the Minister of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Makesh Kumar Chawla, who held an open public meeting in Jamshore, told the cabinet that people had made many complaints about unavailability of doctors. Mukesh Kumar Chawla said that people also submitted number of complaints about public health engineering. In addition, he said that snatching of motorbikes in Jamshoro was also becoming a major problem for the people.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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