Sindh's 23 districts affected by rain-lood, CS Sindh tells federal minister.

KARACHI -- An important meeting of the Co-ordination Committee for Flood Relief formed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan was chaired by Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah at the Sindh Secretariat on Thursday. Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Federal Minister for Information Technology Amin-ul-Haque, Former Governor of Sindh Muhammad Zubair, MNA Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani, Maulana Rashid Soomro, and others participated in the meeting. In the meeting, Chief Secretary Sindh Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Secretary Irrigation and DG PDMA briefed the committee. In the meeting, Federal Minister Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah said that many people have been affected by the rain and flood and there is a need to expand the scope of Benazir Income Support Program, for which he will recommend to the Prime Minister to expand the scope of Benazir Income Support Program to benefit maximum number of affected people. Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah added that along with the relief work in the affected areas, water extraction is also a big challenge.

In the meeting, other members of the committee also informed that they themselves are monitoring the entire situation. It was decided in the meeting that the members of the coordination committee will meet the concerned deputy commissioners and public representatives in all the divisions of the province to review the relief activities. In the meeting, Chief Secretary Sindh said that all deputy commissioners have already been instructed to keep in touch with public representatives for relief work.

Shah said that the Sindh Cabinet should take action against those encroaching on the natural water paths. On which Chief Secretary Sindh said that he will put this recommendation before the provincial cabinet. In the meeting, Sindh Chief Secretary Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput while giving a briefing said that the water pressure on Guddu Barrage and Sukkur Barrage has reduced. At present there is water pressure at Kotri barrage through which 6 lakh cusecs of water is passing today. He further said that water pressure has started decreasing from Qamber...