July 21, 2021
SUKKUR: Divisional Commissioner Hyderabad, Mohammad Abbas Baloch has expressed the apprehension that inability to maintain social distancing and avoiding use of masks and sanitisers during Eidul Azha might turn the festivity into a superspreader event for Covid-19.
Mohammad Abbas Baloch was presiding over a meeting over implementation of Covid-19 SOPs and maintenance of sanitation and quick disposal of offal during the Eid. He directed the district management, irrigation and municipal officers to ensure timely disposal in light of monsoon rains which might contribute to the sewage issues. The DC also directed expediting the vaccination process and maintenance of SOPs to keep the pandemic in check. The DC Thatta was directed to ensure that people do not visit tourist spots particularly Kenjhar Lake during the Eid holidays to prevent the spread of the contagion. The commissioner also directed the DC Dadu to repair the breaches of canals and repair roads.
In this file photo, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaks to the media in Karachi. DawnNewsTV
LARKANA: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has demanded that all provinces should bear shortage of irrigation water equally in accordance with Water Apportionment Accord, 1991, but unfortunately it is not being done.
Shah told journalists at the residence of Saleem Jan Mazari in Kashmore on Saturday after having offered condolence on the death of Mazari’s mother that Indus River System Authority (Irsa) was doing injustice to Sindh under pressure of federal government.
He said that he had been raising the issue of equal distribution of water shortage at Council of Common Interests meetings since 2018 but his words went unheeded.