Disputed Jacobabad seepage drain will not be added to Main Hairdin Drainage: Commissioner

NASEERABAD: Naseerabad Division Commissioner Salahuddin Nurzai visited the Main Hairdin Drainage System at RD 110, at the junction of Jafarabad and Sohbatpur. Sohbatpur Deputy Commissioner Farida Tareen, Superintending Engineer Irrigation Circle Mudassir Zafar Khosa, Sohbatpur Assistant Commissioner Saifuddin Khosa, and Sub-Divisional Officers Drainage Abid Ali Khosa and Imtiaz Ali Khosa accompanied him.

The commissioner reviewed in detail the discharge of the Jacobabad seepage drain into the Main Hairdin Drainage System through the Noor Wah. He was also briefed on the disputed Jacobabad seepage drain. Superintending Engineer Irrigation Mudassir Zafar Khosa informed him of the situation regarding the Sindh irrigation authorities adding the water of the disputed drain through the Noor Wah.

Commissioner Salahuddin Nurzai then directed that the breach be filled at once so that Sindh could not add water to the Main Hairdin Drainage through the Noor Wah.

He made it clear that he was in constant contact with the Commissioner of Larkana Division on the matter of the disputed Jacobabad seepage drain. He said it would not be allowed under any circumstances to join the Main Hairdin Drainage at the junction of Jafarabad and Sohbatpur, as it could have serious consequences for three Districts of Balochistan.

He said that, to resolve all reservations and complaints through mutual talks, a team from Naseerabad Division would consult the relevant authorities in Sindh. He said the instructions of the higher authorities would be implemented and concerns over the matter would be effectively removed.

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