Summary Report says situation worsened due to negligence of relief, finance, food and health departments.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A fact finding committee on Thar, formed on the direction of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has said that the Sindh government and bureaucracy were responsible for the present situation in Tharparkar.
The fact finding committee, headed by DIG Hyderabad Sanaullah Abbasi, has issued a 22-page report that would be submitted to the Sindh High Court on April 8.
The report reveals that the most deprived district of Tharparkar, with a population of 0.9 million, was ignores by the Sindh government and bureaucracy who were responsible for the present situation.
The report says that two officials of Thar had submitted a report in September 2013 that warned of drought in Thar but the deputy commissioner of Tharparkar district delayed forwarding this report to Commissioner of Mirpur Khas.
On the other hand, the Sindh government also delayed in declaring Thar as calamity-hit area. The report reveals that the summary regarding Thar remained pending in Sindh Secretariat for three month.
The report says that poverty and lack of health facilities in Mithi hospital took 141 lives of children during 2012-2013 and 196 during 2013-2014 while the distinct government took no measures to control death rate.
The report further says that 67 percent vacancies of doctors, including 27 specialists and 163 general doctors, are lying vacant in the hospitals of the district.
The report reveals that the situation worsened due to negligence of relief, finance, food and health departments.
The Sindh government has not yet cleared food transportation expenses of 2008 and 2009.
Sindh Chief Minster released around Rs 53 million for Thar on January 28 2014 but the bureaucracy did not bother to deliver the affectees.
The report would be submitted to the Sindh High Court on April 8.
Earlier, the apex court had rejected all reports presented by the Sindh government on the situation of Tharparkar.
