Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has set timelines for the removal of encroachments from lands, embankments, headworks and drainage systems belonging to the irrigation department.
Presiding over a meeting to devise a plan for the removal of encroachments on Saturday, the CM also constituted a committee, comprising the Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR), irrigation department secretary, forest department secretary and katchi abadis secretary, to identify illegally occupied government land and suggest measures to evacuate them.
The meeting was told that the infrastructure of the irrigation department included three barrages, 14 canals, 109 branch canals, 509 distributaries and 902 minors. The length of the department’s drainage network is 837 miles.
The Sukkur Barrage Command area has 361 drains spread across a length of 1,909 miles. Kotri Barrage Command area has 361 drains, covering a length of 2,030 miles. Details of other reservoirs and drains of the irrigation department were also shared with the meeting. Moreover, the CM was told that out of 12,1201 encroachments on the irrigation department’s properties, 38634 had been removed.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 3rd, 2021.
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