On the directives of Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, provincial minister Imtiaz Shaikh and Adviser to the CM on Law and Information Murtaza Wahab visited Tharparkar on Sunday.
Talking to the media, Wahab said that so far, 50,000 families, out of 208,000 in the district enlisted to receive food aid, have been given subsidised wheat bags of 50 kilogrammes.
According to him, while the remaining families are being regularly supplied with wheat bags, some 67,905 more will be included in the list of recipients of food aid.
Responding to complaints against the wheat distribution mechanism, the adviser asserted that the process is progressing in a transparent manner.
“An impression is being given as if the provincial government is doing nothing for the relief of the people,” he deplored.
The provincial government has floated a tender under which the transportation to far off villages and rural towns will start from October 18.
Meanwhile, Wahab said that for a long term solution of the drought situation, the Thar Development Policy has been formed, adding that a bill in this regard will be passed by the Sindh Assembly.
He said that 18 small dams will be built in Tharparkar for water storage.
Earlier, the ministers visited the district’s civil hospital in Mithi taluka and heard the complaints of the patients and their attendants.
They directed the deputy commissioner, Asif Jameel, to assign an assistant commissioner to visit the hospital daily and submit a report of his assessment.