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 MIRPURKHAS Nov 9. A team of anti-corruption establishment ACE MIrpurkhas circle carried out raid at the office of deputy director agriculture extension Mirpurkhas here on Tuesday and taken into custody the official records related with gross corruption of funds. The report said that led by circle incharge Manzoor Memon, ACE Mirpurkhas team along with first judicial magistrate Mirpurkhas Najeebullah Soomro conducted the raid at the above office while panic was spread among the employees and some officers fled away to see the raiding team. The raiding team got the official records related to gross corruption of funds made allegedly in 2020-21. When contacted circle incharge Manzoor Memon said that there had been made gross corruption of funds by deputy director Satram Das, agriculture officer Gohram Baloch, accountant and some other officers.  He said that his team will conduct thorough inquiry after which legal action will be taken against the involved corrupt officers and officials. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 9. Hundreds of growers of the tail end of Baggi minor of Jamrao canal took out a protest rally and held a protest demonstration in Jhuddo town against the corrupt officers and officials of irrigation Jamrao canal on Tuesday. Led by Jalil Unar, Ayaz Khoso and others carrying banners and placards of tail end abadgars association Nara canal and raised slogans against the Darogah, SDO and XEN Jamrao canal. They marched through different roads in Jhuddo town while held demonstration at National bank chowk. They blamed that irrigation staff had involved in corruption as sold their water share to landlords of head of the minor as result tail was lying dry and sofar they could not sow wheat, tomato, onion, sugar cane and vegetables at their thousands of acres land and added that even drinking water shortage persisting in taluka Jhuddo and people compelled to buy the drinking water from local markets. They further alleged that it was the artificial water shortage and such they had suffered millions of loss of their money as their agriculture had been devastated without water. They complained that they had met with director Nara canal and apprised him about their problems but no result has yet appeared. They demanded the Sindh chief minister to replace the corrupt director Nara canal and other officers of Jamrao canal and ensure appointments of well-reputed officers and regular supply of water in the tail of their minor without any delay.