103 BSDI projects in three phases in Lasbela, DC Humaira Baloch briefs Commissioner

UTHAL: Lasbela Division Commissioner Saira Ata has said that implementing sustainable development projects under the BSDI has brought improvement, and that monitoring of development work has improved the provision of facilities and services to the public through ongoing public-interest projects. She said this during a briefing by Lasbela Deputy Commissioner Humaira Baloch in the conference hall of the DC Office, Uthal.

The Deputy Commissioner said 27 development projects have been included in BSDI Phase I, 11 in Phase II and 65 in Phase III. These include a separate public library for women and the construction of a Rural Health Centre in Lakhra under the basic Health programme. In Phase III, projects for education, drinking water, Health, sports, buildings, road construction and municipal services have been given priority, and the tenders for all the projects have been uploaded.

The briefing was told that the Kissan Card programme has been put into effect and registration of landowners has begun, and that landowners have started the registration process with the FBR. The Commissioner was told that, as Lasbela district has no vegetable market, farmers are deprived of the fruits of a year’s labour and traders buy agricultural produce at low prices.

Lasbela-Quetta highway: compensation for affected people

According to the briefing, work on the project to make the Lasbela-Quetta highway dual carriageway is under way under the supervision of the NHA. The Revenue Department has completed Section 4 of the road measurement. At the Section 8 stage, the clarification of land has been completed under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Kanraj, and the assessment report is being prepared. After verifying all matters, the Revenue Department will finalise the rate assessment report for the affected land in Uthal and Bela and submit it to the NHA.

Commissioner Saira Ata directed that the land survey assessment report be submitted to the NHA as soon as possible, to ensure that compensation is paid to the affected people and that road development work is not affected at any stage.

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