KARACHI – President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday advised the government to devise separate water storage and drainage plans at divisional level throughout Sindh.
He was presiding over a meeting at Bilawal House on irrigation, de-watering and draining flood water from affected areas. Zardari said a plan should be devised to divert and store flood and rain water in Sindh’s desert areas to use it for drinking and irrigation purposes. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Water and Power Minister Syed Naveed Qamar, Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain, provincial ministers Murad Ali Shah, Sharjeel Memon and Saifullah Dharejo, Secretary General to President Salman Farooqui and provincial secretaries were also present in the meeting. Earlier, in briefings, WAPDA and Sindh Irrigation Department claimed 80 per cent of flood water was drained out. APP
