Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his on-going district development meetings reviewed 288 development schemes of 11.96 billion in three districts of Shaheed Benazirabad division and directed the concerned departments to complete 207 top priority schemes for which funds have been released.

He also urged the elected representatives of the concerned districts to give ownership to the on-going development works so that their quality, pace of work could be ensured and then their operation in the public interest could be made properly.

The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Provincial Ministers, Nisar Khuhro, Shabir Bijarani, Saeed Ghani, Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab, Member P&D Fatah Tunio, secretaries, Local Government Roshan Shaikh, Irrigation Saeed Mangnijo, Khalid Hyder Shah, Rafiq Buriro, MNAs, MPAs from concerned districts, divisional commissioner and DIG of Shaheed Banzirabad division.

Shaheed Benazirabad: In the district 145 schemes with an allocation of Rs 5.77 billion are in progress against which Rs 3.76 billion or 65 percent of funds have been released while the utilisation upto end of February is Rs 2.58 billion which is 69 percent of the releases.

The meeting was told that there were 31 schemes of Rs 337 million which would be completed by the end of current financial year because the government has released their 95 percent funds in one go and the remaining amount would also be released during this month.

The chief minister said that his government has set a priority to provide water and sanitation schemes in every district. "Presently, Public Health Engineering department has launched 18 schemes of water and sanitation in Shaheed Benazirabad for Rs 5.7 billion and all the 18 schemes would be completed by the end of next financial year," he said and urged the elected representatives to checking their quality and pace of work.

The school education has launched 14 schemes, local government 24 schemes, works & services 35 schemes Irrigation dept 14 schemes, health 9 schemes, rural development seven schemes in Shaheed Benazirabad.

Naushehroferoze: In Nausheroferoze district 66 schemes of Rs 3 billion are in progress against which Rs 2.2 billion have been released while the expenditures are Rs 1.48 billion means 67 percent of the releases.

It may be noted that out of 66 schemes 45 would be completed by the end of current financial year. There are 11 schemes of Rs 107.6 million for which 100 percent funds have been released in one go while the funds of 16 other schemes of RS1.2 billion are being released in two instalments.

The chief minister said that there were 18 district specific schemes of Rs 1.1 billion on which 90 percent funds have been released and their 82 percent work has been completed. He directed the concerned departments to complete these 18 schemes by the end of current financial year.

Chief Minister directed the P&D and health department to provide all the required facilities to the DHQ Naushehroferoze.

On the demand of the elected representatives of the area, the chief minister decided to establish a Chest Pain Centre at Mehrabpur and letter on it would be upgraded as Cardio hospital. The chief minister also ordered health department to provide ambulance service to Naushehroferoze.

Sanghar: In Sanghar district 77 schemes of Rs 3.1 billion are in progress against which Rs 1.99 billion or 63 percent have been released while the expenditures are Rs 1.26 billion means 63 percent.