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MIRPURKHAS July 18. Speakers in a seminar stressed need to strictly check out the disaster contingency plan of the district prepared by district administration while ensure also implementation on it strictly as well as masses should be aware of the plan. A day seminar on the topic of status of contingency planning in district Mirpurkhas was organized jointly by participatory development initiatives PDI and Oxfam at local hotel here on Wednesday. Additional deputy commissioner Mirpurkhas ii, Agha Nabeel Akhtar said that natural disasters increasing in the world as recently different countries were already facing flood and other kind of disasters. He expressed that there were different causes of disasters including increasing temperature of earth and melting of ice of mountains. He told that state was help within its resources to the disaster victims while provided infrastructures, constructions of dams, roads, electricity, food etc. However all the masses should be aware already the risk of disaster and face bravely any disaster by adopting precautionary measures. Inamullah Khan of Save the children NGO, said that sofar breaches of LBOD drains could not completely be plugged by irrigation drainage department in district Mirpurkhas and district administration should provide correct map of district Mirpurkhas for preparation of any kind of plant . He said that 40 raise platform were being constructed at different places to save the masses from any flood condition by Save the children while raises schools were also being provided facilities including bathrooms, drinking water etc sothat in future IDPs could get basic facilities in flood camps . Director Jagirta organization Khalid Babbar said that district administration did not take into confidence to the masses and civil society in preparing the contingency plan of the district while he expressed his grievances regarding ongoing desilting work of LBOD drains and Natural ways of water. Ameer Ali Shar of Bhandar Hari Sangat alleged that mostly administrative officers were corrupt and they were unable to implement on contingency plan with sincerity while stressed need to own the problems even on village level to face any kind of disasters. He further said that people should themselves act for their safety during any disaster. Research officer of PTI, Mohammad Saleem Abbasi said that government had prepared contingency plan but there were some mistakes as did not show allocation of budget etc while local last year flood affected people were not aware of it. District officer social welfare Khair Mohammad Dahri, Qamaruddin Shaikh and others also spoke.

MIRPURKHAS July 18. A man was gunned down by armed persons over old enmity while a married woman was axed to death by her husband in Karokari in the district Mirpurkhas on Wednesday. Report received that MST Dilli Nohani, 26, was axed to death by her husband Fateh Mohammad Nohani in KaroKari at 32 mile Mori near Digri town. Her body was brought at taluka hospital Digri for legal formality while murder case was lodged with Digri police station on the complaint of Janib Ali Nohani, brother of deceased woman against the accused Fateh Mohammad Nohani, who was later arrested by Digri police.

In another incident, Gull Mohammad Khaskheli, 45, was axed to death by armed unknown persons in Phuladyyoon town, while the accused fled away from the spot. Body of the deceased was brought at Phuladyyoon hospital for post mortem by Phuladyyoon police. Jan Mohammad Khaskheli, son of the deceased has lodged the murder case with Phuladyyoon police station and nominated as accused Khuda Bux, Sajan, Sadiq, Faisal and Brochio, all by caste Mari. Cause of the murder is said to be old enmity. However Phuladyyoon police carried out raid and apprehended one of the nominated accused Khuda Bux Mari.

MIRPURKHAS July 18. Scores of activists of Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz district Mirpurkhas held demonstration in front of local press club to protest against anti Sindh project Zulfikarabad here on Wednesday. Led by district president Faqeer Yousuf Mangrio, vice president Mustafa Kori and general secretary Jam Munawar Sammoon, carrying banners and placards, raised slogans against the Zulfikarabad project. Addressing at the protesters leaders strongly condemned the Sindh government for launching the above anti Sindh project that will be cause of entries of outsiders. They lamented that different districts of Sindh had already been damaged of last year heavy rainfall while the roads and infrastructures had also been destroyed but rulers wanted to colonizing the outsiders in new anti Sindh project Zulfikarabad instead to reconstruct the damaged towns and villages of last year flood. They alleged that it was the deep conspiracy against Sindhi people to convert them in minority by colonizing the outsiders in above project. They rejected this project and demanded the government to invest its allocated amount in other development schemes of Sindh province.