Govt to spend Rs 100-mn on basic facilities in rural Sindh

Karachi: Sindh Minister for Rural Development Zubair Ahmed Khan said Rs 100 million would be spent on providing basic facilities in rural areas of Sindh. 'It is the all out effort of the government to provide all basic facilities including clean drinking water, gas, sewerage system and electricity in rural areas so that their living standard is improved.'

Talking to various delegations, the minister said that besides cities, supply of electricity to villages was the government responsibility. Zubair Ahmed said that soon after Eid, he would visit districts of Sanghar, Badin and Mirpurkhas to take stock of problems of their rural areas and provided with basic facilities by Rural Development Department.

These areas would have model villages where all basic facilities besides school, hospital, Masjid, Community Centre etc would also be made available, he added.