Sindh Chief Minister (CM), Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday presided over a high level meeting regarding Darawat Dam Project and distribution of land among landless haris at the CM House.
The meeting was attended by Board of Revenue Sindh senior member, Shahzar Shamoon, the Hyderabad Division Commissioner, Ahmed Bux Narejo, principal secretary to the CM, Agha Jan Akhtar, Sindh Irrigation Secretary, Babar Ali Effendi and others.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM stressed the need for the early completion of the construction work on Darawat Dam which fell under the responsibility of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).
He said that the Irrigation department would construct the reservoirs of water while Board of Revenue Sindh would make an assessment and conduct a survey of vacant government lands in Jamshoro and Thatta districts.
The CM said that the government had decided to cultivate vacant government lands, for which land would be distributed among the poor landless haris, preferably the women haris.
He directed the Board of Revenue Sindh senior member, Hyderabad commissioner and deputy commissioners of Jamshoro and Thatta to complete the official survey and assessment of the vacant lands there.
The meeting was informed that there was 25,000 to 50,000 acres of land which could be distributed among the poor and needy landless female haris in that area. He said that each female hari would be given 25 acres of land.
The Sindh CM further directed that the deputy commissioners of Jamshoro and Thatta would be responsible for inviting applications as a procedure under the Land Grant Policy and would hold meetings for the disposal of applications and granting of land to landless female haris.
In view of the directives of the federal government, the Hyderabad commissioner had been directed to form a committee comprising of women MPAs (Member Provincial Assembly) of the Hyderabad division, preferably from Jamshoro and Thatta districts, who could supervise and monitor the assessment, survey and land distribution process.
The meeting was informed that the ownership of water reservoirs would remain with the Sindh government.
