KARACHI: The sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms on Wednesday reviewed the matter of developing jetties and ports in coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
The meeting was chaired by its convener Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja and was attended by Senators Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari and Saeedul Hassan Mandokhail.
The representative from Ministry of Ports and Shipping briefed the committee that the subject of developing jetties on ports did not come under the purview of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping and hence no allocation on the subject had been made in the ministerial PSDP.
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms Secretary Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui agreed and pointed out that developing, maintaining and planning for jetties was a provincial subject after devolution. He suggested that data on required areas could be collected from the livestock secretaries of Sindh and Balochistan.
This suggestion was appreciated by Senator Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari who elaborated that such data would help determine the need and resources required to initiate projects to develop jetties. Senator Leghari and Senator Mandokhail expressed concern about schemes for water conservation in the country, especially in Balochistan.
