The districts visited today included Benazirabad, Sanghar, Badin, Tando Allhah Yar, Thatta, Matiari, Mirpur Khas and Tando Mohammad Khan.Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, members of National Assembly Faryal Talpur and Fouzia Wahab were also present with President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House. Members of Sindh Cabinet were also present in the control room of Chief Minister House Karachi and the officials concerned were present in respective control rooms in the field. During video conferencing the President monitored relief activities and the steps taken so far for the rehabilitation of the affected people in various localities. The President especially enquired about the arrangements for facilitation of the farmers in the affected areas and the mechanism that has been put in place for distribution of seeds for Rabi crop. He was informed that the distribution of wheat seed would be carried out through Executive District Officer (Revenue) of the districts and monitoring committees have also been set up to ensure transparency in the distribution mechanism. These monitoring committees would consist of elected representatives, deputy commissioners, representative of Sindh Chamber of Agriculture and the representative of Sindh Abadgar Board. It may be recalled that during yesterday's meeting on Rabi Crop facilitation, the President was informed that Agriculture Department Sindh has proposed a package amounting to Rs. 4.4 billion for growers of flood/rain affected districts whereby wheat would be cultivated on an area of 1.100 million acres in Sindh and wheat seeds would be provided to the affected farmers at the rate of 50 kg per acre along with one bag of urea. The President enquired about the availability of seeds in various areas and directed that the required amount of certified wheat seed be purchased and distributed among the growers. He asked Sindh Government to immediately complete distribution of sunflower seeds among growers in flood affected areas in the province. During video conferencing, President Zardari was briefed about the progress in dewatering of the stagnated water from various areas. The President directed to expedite the completion process of dewatering. He also asked district administration in Tando Allahyar to install transformers to speed up flushing of rain water through dewatering pumps. It may be recalled that during previous video conferencing, the President had a detailed discussion with legislators, district administration officials and irrigation authorities on dewatering issue in flood affected areas of Sindh and had called for a Master Plan for drainage to handle similar calamities in the provinces in future. Accordingly, in the next meeting that followed, foreign consultant Louis Berger gave a presentation on drainage plan for dealing similar calamities in future and also submitted a plan for enhancing capacity of Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD). The President had also directed WAPDA for preparation of a similar master plan for Balochistan, it may be recalled. The President enquired about progress made in this regard. The President directed for the provision of blankets to protect flood affected people from the cold weather. The President was toldthat 80 percent of affected people have left relief camps and returned to their areas as 90 percent of water is either drained out or had evaporated in affected areas. Responding to the suggestion for writing off the loans in rain affected areas, President said that the issue would be considered with Federal Finance Secretary. The President was informed that the rehabilitation activities have been started in rain affected areas after the completion of relief activities.