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However, the petitioners state that representatives of the taluka, filed the petition against fresh tenders for the Ganj Baha watercourse that was completed at a cost of Rs1.05 million. The amount is not due to be paid by them but is payable by the taluka municipal administration, they maintained, terming the notice an attempt to harass them.The petitioners maintain that calling for fresh tenders for the completed project was an attempt by Mirpur Bathoro administrator and DCO Thatta to siphon off public funds.
On Saturday, a division bench of the Sindh High Court referred the plea raised by the former councillor to the Sindh provincial ombudsman.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 19th, 2010.
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