HYDERABAD: Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida) Chairman Kabool Kathian has said that remodeling and rehabilitation of Akram Wah (canal) of Kotri Barrage would serve the people of Tando Mohammad Khan and Badin districts in a better way.

Presiding over a Sida Board meeting on Wednesday, he said that political parties would also be taken on board regarding that project of Akram Wah.

He said that canal modernisation was a new concept in the irrigation sector, adding that once approved it would benefit farmers.

Discussing the issues of Sida employees, he said they were working for the last three decades, but in the absence of rules, they were not being promoted.

Sida Managing Director Pritam Das informed the meeting that the required rules regarding the service of employees were sent to the Sindh government’s law department which had examined them.

He said the secretary irrigation had formed a committee for reviewing those rules. He told the board meeting that 70pc branch canals of Tando Mohammad Khan had been lined and added that the development would help provide irrigation water to tail-end areas efficiently.

Informing that vacancies in Sida had been filled, he said that Mohammad Sadiq had been appointed as GM transition while Sajjad Soomro would be the new GM operations. He said the concerned committee had recommended Asghar Mahesar as GM research and development.

He said the committee could not take decision regarding the appointment on the post of GM social development. It would be re-advertised, he said.

Published in Dawn, December 12th, 2024