Irrigation dept facing acute shortage of staff
National
March 8, 2021
MULTAN: Irrigation Multan zone was facing acute shortage of revenue staff (patwaris) which was also affecting the revenue related matters of the department badly.
According to irrigation official sources, there were 833 posts of patwaris in Irrigation Multan zone and about 200 patwaris were working in the field while 633 seats are vacant since long. The role of patwaris is very important in collection of revenue as they made Girdawri to identify the land and to bring it into water charges (Abiyana), imposition of Tawan to water pilferers and sending the record to revenue department for recovery.