LARKANA, Feb 17: The DCO has said a plan - Green and Clean Larkana - has been prepared to cope with post-rain problems and provide basic amenities to people of the district.

At a press briefing here on Thursday, DCO Abdul Razzak Qureshi stated that the plan would be launched on March 1 simultaneously with the Larkana Drainage Scheme, which would cost Rs97.5 million. He added that Rs16.25 million had already been released for the scheme which would be monitored by the Larkana taluka municipal administration.

He said the district government would implement the Green and Clean Larkana plan with community participation and assistance of the TMA. He said the project would be undertaken from funds of the district government and a special grant of the Sindh government.

The DCO said NGOs and elected representatives would also be invited to participate in the Larkana beautification campaign. He said the plan included disposal of waste, cleansing of drains, repair of roads and provision of healthcare and veterinary facilities.

Other development works under the project included repair of sidewalks and footpaths, removal of encroachments, rehabilitation of parks and playgrounds, lighting arrangement and plantation, he added. He said 350,000 saplings would be planted throughout the district during the plantation campaign.

Larkana Taluka Nazim Nazir Ahmad Shaikh, EDOs and other district officers were also present on the occasion. Earlier, the DCO presided over a meeting of elected representatives and NGOs and plan with them. He sought their cooperation in implementation of the project.

EYE CAMP: Provincial adviser Sultan Ahmed Khuhawar has said that serving ailing humanity is not less than worship. He was speaking at the inauguration of a three-day free eye camp at a hospital in Shahdadkot on Wednesday organized by the Sindh Graduates' Association.

Appreciating the efforts of the organizers, he said that if the association organized free medical camps for curbing dangerous diseases, including hepatitis B, the Sindh government would help them.

He announced donation of an ambulance to the hospital and said that if the SGA could to establish a primary school in the town, the government would provide a plot for it.

He claimed that the provincial government was spending a huge amount on healthcare facilities in far-flung areas. SGA representatives Professor Khalid Hussain Channa and Dr Shahnawaz Shaikh apprised the adviser about the problems of the area.

STRIKE ENDS: The clerks affiliated with the local chapter of the All Pakistan Clerks' Association called off pen-down and hunger strike here on Wednesday after transfer orders of ten clerks were withdrawn. The cancellation orders were handed over to the APCA leaders by the district officer (education) at the protest camp outside the press club on Wednesday.