LARKANA: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Larkana, Tarique Manzoor Chandio, presided over a high level meeting in his office here on Tuesday in connection with the preparations for the 15th martyrdom anniversary of Benazir Bhutto scheduled to be held on 27December 2022.
The meeting was attended by heads of various departments including district officers. The DC issued instructions to the officers to carry out the responsibilities given to them happily so that the guests coming to the anniversary do not face any kind of trouble.
The DC directed the police officials to ensure law and order in every case and make the traffic system more efficient and effective. He instructed the Director Local Government and the Municipal Commissioner to make the cleaning process more efficient and effective on the occasion of the anniversary. The officials assured him of their full support and instructed the TMA officials to arrange cleaning and lighting at Garhi Khuda Bux.
The officials of the Public Health Engineering Department were asked to ensure the supply of clean drinking water. Apart from this, DC directed the SEPCO officials to avoid electricity load shedding on the occasion of the anniversary and ensure standby generators.
While DC instructed the officials of the health department to set up medical camps and ensure the presence of doctors and paramedical staff along with medicines. He also directed them to ensure availability of ambulances which should be kept in a ready position, so that they could be used in case of possible need and mobile medical service should be started on the roads leading to Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto.
The Deputy Commissioner ordered the Director Information for media coverage and directed the officials of the Building and Roads Department to complete the remaining works of signboards, car parking and roadways as soon as possible so that the guests coming to the anniversary not face trouble. He directed the officials of the Irrigation Department to stop the movement of buffaloes along the Rice Canal in the city so that sanitation could be further improved.
DC instructed all officials of the district to prepare their own contingency plans and submit the duty schedule of their officers and staff to his office. Meanwhile, secretary general, PPP Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari, in a message confirmed that the 15th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto would be observed in Naundero which would be participated by Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, adding they would deliver special address to the public gathering. He said the caravans of activists would reach Garhi Khuda Bux along with central, provincial, divisional and district leadership.