KARACHI:Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs and Food Hari Ram Kishori Lal has said that the ongoing development projects under the Department of Minority Affairs should be completed in the current financial year and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.
He said this at a meeting convened to review the performance of the Minority Affairs Department. Lal was informed that under the annual development program of the Department of Minority Affairs, six development projects had been completed at a cost of over Rs99 million in 2021-2020 while during the financial year 2020-2019, four development projects were completed at a cost of over Rs 37 million.
The meeting participants were further informed that under the ongoing grant-in-aid for the Department of Minority Affairs, five development projects were completed at a cost of over Rs22 million during the financial year 2019-2018 while during the financial year 2020-2019, nine development projects were completed at a cost of over Rs41 million.
Lal said that there was an urgent need to further activate the engineering wing of the department to ensure timely completion of ongoing projects. Instructing the executive engineer of the department, he said that the construction work should be in according to international standards, adding if any complaints are received, strict action would be taken against the relevant officers as per law.
He further said that the minority community was playing an important and vital role in the economic development of Sindh. He further said that the funds allocated for the renovation and construction of places of worship of the minority community should be spent betterly. He further said that the first priority of the present government was to provide all facilities to the people of Sindh, including the minority community at their doorstep.