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MIRPURKHAS Oct 26. First dengue fever case was diagnosed here on Tuesday in the medical ward of the civil hospital Mirpurkhas. Report said that Shremti Reewa, 25, wife of Hemraj Kolhi, and also mother of three children, resident of Shahi Water, taluka Hussain Bux Mari was brought on Monday in serious condition at the civil hospital Mirpurkhas after which she was admitted in the medical ward and doctors get her different test including blood test in which she was diagnosed as patient of Dengue fever. Physician Dr Balchand and Dr Imtiaz Memon have decided to refer her to Abbasi Shaheed hospital for proper treatments of dengue fever disease. Doctors told this scribe that proper treatment facilities for Dengue fever patient was not available here and all facilities in this regard was available officially in the Abbasi Shaheed hospital at Karachi so she has been referred there sothat she might be acquired proper treatments under supervision of specialist doctors. 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 26. Nara canal area water board has approved the increase of water rate used for industrial purpose as water rate RS 1 per 1000 gallon water to RS 10 per 1000 gallon water and closure of water supply of those distributaries which farmer organization was failed to pay Aabian (water tax). This approval was given in the meeting of Nara canal area water board held here on Tuesday presided by its chairman Mir Tarique Hussain Talpure that was attended by general manager transition of Sindh irrigation drainage authority SIDA Nazeer Eisani, director area water board Piar Ali Gadiwan, members Zahid Bhurgari, Ch Maqbool Ahmed, Madam Abida Thehrani, Dr Fatah Mohammad Mari, executive engineers Mansoor Memon, Nasrullah Soomro, Anwer Ali Siaal and others. Meeting further decided to make new agreements with those used water for industrial purposes including sugar mills according to new rates of water. Meeting decided to convene the meeting of chairmen of farmer organizations next week to ensure recovery of Aabiana (water tax) and further decided that notices would be served to chairman farmer organizations who would not achieve the target of Aabiana recovery and in next phase water supply would be close to distributaries which chairman fail to recover the water tax target. Meeting decided to hand over the application of Dubai based Aldahra company to sub committee seeking the water from Nara canal for cultivation of 2500 acres agriculture land, while the sub committee will visit the site and will submit its report after which further decision will be taken in this regard. Chairman Mir Tarique Hussain Talpure said that total water availability condition at present in Nara canal is better and newly appointed engineers of Jamrao, Mithrao and Thar divisions were ensuring to reach the water till tail end of the water channels. General manager transition of SIDA Nazeer Eisani said that record regarding the arrears of government departments of water tax be handed over to area water board sothat contact might be made to higher authorities for their recovery.Later, chairman of the area water board has distributed the certificates among the 26 Aabdars and canals who have acquired the all official information during the training session about the recovery of Aabiana (water tax). On this occasion, training coordinator of SIDA Sarwar Shehwani and manager revenue of SIDA Aftab Memon were also present. On this occasion engineers and members of the area water board have heared the problems of the Aabdars and canals and assured them that their problems would be resolved on priority basis. 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 26. Different suggestions and proposals were given in the meeting held here on Tuesday presided by DCO Mirpurkhas to review the decision of shifting of the T.B hospital Mirpurkhas from middle of the city to outside on fruitful place. EDO revenue Bachal Rahepota, DDO CDD Nadeemur Rehman Memon, representatives of different NGOs and associations, lawyers, journalists, landlords, doctors etc attended the meeting. DCO Ghulam Hussain Memon told the meeting that district T.B association Mirpurkhas that has big properties and assets had decided in its meeting to shift the Old T.B. hospital out of the city at healthy atmosphere. In this connection, he said that it was decided to include the citizens and representatives of different NGOs, organizations and associations in this process to keep transparency in the auction of its old building plot, purchasing the fruitful land for construction of the T.B hospital. He further said that old building of the T.B hospital was in pathetic condition and that is only a plot which is costly as situated in the middle of the city. He said that received suggestions and proposals have been written to include in the future strategy to shift the hospital outside the city. Participators given different suggestions but allowed to shifting of the hospital outside the city and auction of old plot.