Sindh Cabinet okays start of rain losses assess.

ISLAMABAD -- Provincial Cabinet has directed district administrations across the Sindh province to start assessment of losses of life, houses, crops, road network and sewerage system so that the federal government could be approached to compensate the affected people.

The chief minister directed the local government department to get all the damaged roads, sewerage lines of Karachi and other districts repaired.

He took this decision while presiding over a cabinet meeting here at CM House. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, advisors, Special Assistants, chief secretary, chairman P&D and other concerned officers.

Losses/damages: The cabinet was told that the heavy monsoon rains had caused havoc in the city and rural areas of the province. CM Advisor on Agriculture Manzoor Wassan said that date-crops were almost ready to harvest but heavy rains washed it away in Khairpur and caused a loss of billions of rupees to the date growers. He also took up the issue of damage caused to other Kharif crops in the province.

The chief minister, on the recommendation of the cabinet, directed all the deputy commissioners across the province to assess the losses, including lives, katcha and pacca houses, road network, drainage and sewerage system so that the federal government could be approached for grant of compensation. He added that his government would also help the affected people from its resources.

Madaris/school board: the cabinet approved a proposal to constitute a seven-member management board under the secretary school education to run 53 educational institutions, including 31 schools and 22 Madaris taken over by the government in compliance with FATF terms.

Minister Education Sardar Shah told the cabinet that his department has taken steps to oversee the management of all the taken over educational institutions. He added that the administrators have been appointed to run the madares.

The management board has been assigned to run the taken over educational institutions.

At the outset of the meeting, the cabinet members expressed sorrow over the incident of an army helicopter. The cabinet also offered fateh for the people who lost their lives in Sindh Balochistan during the heavy rains.

Peoples Bus Service Routes: The cabinet was told that the roads and drainage system of all the seven routes of Peoples Bus Service was damaged at different locations. The repair of roads and drainage systems would help smooth operation of the newly...