Sindh cabinet decides to launch shelter for shelterless plan.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a cabinet meeting decided to provide shelter to shelter less people under a lost cost housing scheme.

The meeting was held here at CM House on Friday and was attended by all the ministers, advisors, special assistants, new Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Chairman P and D Hassan Naqvi and concerned secretaries, said a statement.

The cabinet also granted 15 year upper age limit relaxation to the differently-abled persons in government jobs and considered to regularize katchi abadis by extending cut-off date.

However, he directed the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA) to revisit the regularization act and remove ambiguities, if any and table the agenda item in the next cabinet meeting.

Chairman P and D Hassan Naqvi briefing the cabinet on Mid-year review (MYR) of ADP 2021-22 said that overall Rs 77.875 billion were released, of them Rs 43.777 billion were utilized.

He added that 825 out of 1,034 schemes would be completed during the current financial year.

The meeting was told that 235 schemes have been reported as un-satisfactory by P and D.

At this the chief minister directed the P and D department not to release them funds and directed the concerned departments to examine their schemes declared as unsatisfactory and report him.' I'll not tolerate substandard works,' the CM said.

Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority floated a proposal in the cabinet to launch low-housing scheme at various locations in the province for shelter less and needy people.

The affected of people of anti-encroachment drives could also be shifted at low housing schemes.

The cabinet was told that the SKAA has already launched Sasti Basti schemes at different locations of the province.

The cabinet approved the proposal and directed the Board of Revenue to identify lands all over Sindh for low housing schemes and simultaneously directed SKAA to prepare a plan for launching such schemes.

The cabinet was told that SKAA have inventorised 1448 unauthorized settlements existing partially or wholly on government land on or before 30 June 1987 for declaration as katchi abadis under the Act 1987. Whereas, a large number of unauthorized settlement have been established after the present cut-off date that is June 30, 1997 which could not be regularised under the present law.

In order to provide relief to dwellers of those Katchi abadies spread all over Sindh, there is need to extend cut-off-date for regularization of...