Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Thursday that during the last five years of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, 473 kilometres of new roads with the cost of two billion rupees have been successfully completed.
The Sindh information minister said this while talking to a delegation of PPP Larkana office bearers here at his office.
Sharjeel said that110 kilometres of roads had been repaired in Larkana district with a cost of Rs 370 million.
He said that President Asif Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Member National Assembly (MNA) Faryal Talpur had taken personal interest in these development projects and that was the reason why record development schemes had been initiated for the first time in the history of Larkana.
While providing statistics of the projects, the information minister said that Rs 84 million have been spent on the construction of roofs of 40 roofless primary schools, while 101 additional class rooms in various schools have also been constructed at the cost of Rs 76 million.
He further said that Rs 10 million have been spent on erecting boundary walls in 33 schools, rupees six million have been spent for construction of toilets in 25 schools, Rs 132 million was spared for constructing computer blocks in 14 schools, rupees seven million was spent for science laboratories in two schools, Rs 84 million for the construction of auditorium halls in four schools of district Larkano, Rs 425 million was spent for rehabilitation of 207 primary and secondary schools and Rs 45 million was utilised for the construction of Girls Degree College in the city while Rs 136 million was separately spent on different development schemes.
The information minister while briefing the gathering about the different health related projects, said that Rs 80 million have been spent for the renovation of different Taluka hospitals of Larkano, Rs 40 million was spent for up-gradation of Basic Health Units (BHU), 30 new dispensaries and one thalassemia centre had also been established in the city with the cost of Rs 60 millions, renovation work of rural health centres and maternity homes have been completed with the cost of Rs 46 million and a Tuberculosis Diagnostic Laboratory had also been set-up with the cost of five million rupees in the city, while Rs 22 million have been spent on the construction of the CC blocks, drainage system and public toilets at different villages of the district through public health and municipal services.
The information minister also informed that Rs 588 million had been spent for the construction of 88 government offices and residential buildings for the staff, rupees seven million have been spent over the construction of waiting-shades at different bus stops and the construction of a mosque at Revenue Colony with the cost of rupees four million.
Furthermore, Sharjeel said that five million rupees was allocated for the establishment of 50 kilometres linear road side plantation in the city, five million rupees was spent on poultry farming and control centre in the city, three million rupees was allocated for the construction of training centre of agriculture and integrated base management on rice crop which have been completed with the cost of Rs 1million , while Rs 3 million have been spent on the establishment of fish hatchery in the city. The work on 60 kilometres green belt was completed at the cost of Rs 6 million in Larkana city, he added.
Moreover, he said that rupees three million was spent on the promotion of agriculture through skill development progress, rupees five million have been spent on the control of parasitic diseases in livestock, rupees seven million was earmarked for the construction of a permanent nursery at village Hassan Wahan Naudero and Rs 26 million was spent for the construction of right veterinary dispensaries in different villages of Larkano district.
The information minister also said that these schemes had given a great boost to the economy of the district and have up-lifted the socio-economic conditions of various sections of societies at large, and the aim of these projects was to provide basic infrastructure facilities at the door steps of the general public.
