SUKKUR:A meeting to review the beautification of Rohri and Nara Canals and the construction of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Public Park was held at the Commissioner Office Sukkur under the chairmanship of Commissioner Sukkur Abid Saleem Qureshi on Thursday.
Chairman District Council Sukkur Syed Kumail Haider Shah participated in the meeting through video link. The meeting reviewed the proposed site for the park along Rohri and Nara Canals, administrative issues and objections raised by relevant departments.
Addressing the meeting, Commissioner Abid Saleem Qureshi said that due to non-issuance of NOCs from concerned departments and objections by the Agriculture Department, Planning and Development Department and other institutions, an alternative site has been selected for the park.
He said it has been proposed to shift the project to around 10 acres of vacant land in front of the Women University.
Minutes of the meeting are being sent to the concerned authorities for further necessary action to construct a standard public park at the proposed site to provide recreation, healthy activities and better environmental facilities to citizens.
On the occasion, Chairman District Council Syed Kumail Haider Shah said that a park and resort will be constructed by the District Council Sukkur in front of Women University, which will provide recreational facilities to the citizens of Sukkur, Rohri and surrounding areas.
The meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner Sukkur Tanveer Ahmed, Focal Person to Provincial Minister for Local Government Irfan Daudpota, Assistant Commissioner Rohri Urwa-tul-Wusqa, Additional Director Agriculture Ehsanullah, XEN Sukkur Barrage Bakhtiar Rizvi, Chief Officer District Council Zafar Iqbal Mughal, Chief Municipal Officer Municipal Committee Rohri Imtiaz Ahmed, XEN Nara Canal Zahoor Ahmed Bozdar and other officers of concerned departments.