Irrigation minister directs retrieval of vehicles, removal of encroachment.

HYDERABAD: The Provincial Irrigation Minister Eshwar Lal has directed the concerned irrigation officials to retrieve the vehicles which are still under use of the former Irrigation Minister and ex irrigation officials so that the issue of shortage of vehicles can be resolved. Chairing a meeting here on Tuesday at the office of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (SIDA), the minister also directed the officials to end the illegal occupation of the irrigation rest houses and to rehabilitate the same to put the building to official use. He advised the officials to prepare a strategy to remove encroachment from the banks of the canals and to overcome the obstacles and delays impeding completion of the development projects. Lal said the authorities should register FIRs against the people involved in theft of irrigation water. The minister acknowledged that the complaints regarding shortage of irrigation water in the tail end areas of the irrigation network still existed and underlined the need to address those complaints on...