In pursuance of Article 107 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Provincial Assembly of Sindh shall stand dissolved on the expiration of its term of five years on the 28th May, 2018.
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Sitting on 15th January 2018

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List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MONDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY, 2018

 

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Monday, the 15th January, 2018 at 03.00 p.m.


 

I.       (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

 

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Irrigation Department)

 

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

 

1.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 09 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Public Health Engineering, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that R.O. Plants have been installed across in the Mithi. How many of them are in workable conditions and details of the Budget allocated for their maintenance during the current financial year?


2.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 15 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Education & Literacy, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that according to the report of Education Reform Unit, Ibrahim Haidery Government Primary School, Karachi and other Government Schools have been closed due to which one lac girls students have been deprived from education. What steps have been taken by the Government in this regard?


3.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 13 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED AMEER HYDER SHAH SHEERAZI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that several deaths occurred while many people got injured when a boat carrying devotees drowned enroute to Meyo Bhittai Shrine near Sakro. What steps have been taken by Government to provide medical facilities to the injured?


4.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 18 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. SUMETA AFZAL SYED, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that regarding outbreak of Swine Flu in Karachi where 38 patients infected with H1N1 strain of flu have been admitted to the Agha Khan University Hospital in the past three weeks; What steps have been taken by the ministry in this regard?

 

5.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 17 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. WAQAR HUSSAIN SHAH, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that the road from Dawood Chowrangi to Murtaza Chowrangi is in deplorable condition due to which accidents are occurring, when its development work will start?


6.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 16 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED MUHAMMAD QAMAR ABBAS RIZVI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Environment, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that with whose permission recycling of batteries is carried out on a large scale at Usmania Mohajir Colony, UC-13, East?

 

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

 

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION, IF ANY.

 

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 03 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA REGARDING RISE IN VARIOUS STREET CRIMES THROUGHOUT KARACHI.

 

VII.     INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 33 OF 2017-THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SINDH AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017.

 

VIII.   CONSIDERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 32 OF 2017- THE SINDH INSTITUTE OF TRAUMATOLOGY ORTHOPEDICS AND REHABILITATION BILL, 2017.

 

IX.     ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

 

 

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

12TH JANUARY, 2018                                                                 SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

 

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

MONDAY THE 15TH JANUARY, 2018

 

*1141. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that the government intends to post rangers on canals to stop water stealing;

(b)   If answer to (a) above be in the affirmative, the details thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

There is no proposal to deploy Rangers on canals. The Irrigation Department with the assistance/help of Police Department is continuously watching the canals.

 *1144. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that an island on 50 acres has been developed in Sukkur Barrage and it is cultivated resulting threat of loss to irrigation system and due to developing mounds on the left side of Barrage creating problem to provide water to Rice and Dadu Canal;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the reasons thereof alongwith the action taken by the Government?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

After the commissioning barrage in 1932, it was experienced that the right bank canals (Dadu canal, Rice canal and NW canal) were depositing silt on a large scale. The hydraulic model was run in 1938 at Poona India. As such some river training works were recommended and carried out in 1938-40.

As a result of that ten (10) gates out of sixty six (66) Barrage gates were closed on right side and an island was artificial created. This island comprises over 38 acres but not 50 acres.

The function of barrage is to maintain upstream water level by way of regulation of the gates in order to supply required water into the off-taking canals, hence gates are functioning and required water is supplied to Rice, Dadu and NWC by raising the water level in the upstream of River Indus. No loss to Irrigation system due to position of silt in front of gate no.6 to 14.

 *1670. MS. RANA ANSAR: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

Number of schemes and fund spent on the embankment of river Indus after flood of 2010?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

The restoration and rehabilitation works were carried out on the left and right side embankment of Indus including FP Bund.

Number of Schemes =170.

Expenditure amount= Rs.18,29,74,74,866/-

These schemes were carried out under funds provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) FERP, as well as by Sindh Government as counterpart share.

 *2080. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that small dams organization was established for construction of small dams in the province;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

Yes, Small Dams Organization was establishment for construction of Small Dams in Sindh Province in the year 2007-08.

The Small Dams Organization Sindh has completed 35 Nos. Small Storage/Recharge Dams in Nagarparkar and Kohistan Regions of Sindh Province while the work on 23 Nos. Recharge Dams is also in Progress.

 *2993. MR. KAMRAN AKHTAR: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

(a)   Whether there are any plans for lining the main canals network and to reduce water losses/salinity to save valuable lands in the province;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

There is plan for lining of Rohri Main Canal from RD.616 to RD.647, which has been approved on 03-12-2014 the detail is at Annexure, placed on the Table of the House.

 *3302. MR. SHAHARYAR KHAN MAHAR: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

Fuel and maintenance allowance released for the generators being used to run the pumping stations to drain excess water at Masiti and Ruk Pumping Station of taluka Lakhi, district Shikarpur?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

It is to state that the Government had released funds amounting to Rs.13.50 Million for the fuel and maintenance if Generators of Shikarpur Drainage Division during the year 2014-2015. The detail of funds utilized on the operation of generators installed at Ruk and Masti Pumping stations is as under:-

S.No.

Name of Pumping Station

No. of Generators

Quantity of Diesel Utilized

Amount Utilized (Rs)

1.     

Ruk Pumping Stations

2

40400 Ltrs

41300 Ltrs

81700 Ltrs

Rs.4524800

Rs.4625600

Rs.9150400

2.     

Masti Pumping Station

1

24600 Ltrs

Rs.2755200

                                                          Total

106300 Ltrs

Rs.11905600

 *5800. MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN: Will the Minister for Irrigation be pleased to state:-

    (a)      Is it a fact that Indus Delta is facing severe degradation mainly because of drastically low flow of fresh water downstream Kotri barrage;

    (b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, department’s plan to tackle the issue?

ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for Irrigation:

Yes, the province of Sindh mainly constitute of deposition of silt brought by flows of River Indus during millions of years. With utilization of water for purpose of raising crops the flows into Arabian Sea has disseminated which has caused the silt deposition process to reverse, resulting sea intrusion and degradation of lands in coastal belt. The irrigation Department has been perusing the allocation of water for minimal escapades downstream Kotri Barrage, to IRSA, which is provided in case of availability in the dams, which facilities growth of mangrove forests in the deltaic region.

 

 

 

 

Karachi:-                                          G. M. Umar Farooq

the 12th Jan., 2018                                    Secretary

                                                   Provincial Assembly of Sindh