Kamber-Shahdadkot district: Rangers take control of irrigation system

  • 29/07/2008

  • Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Shahbaz Rangers took control of the irrigation system of Kamber-Shahdadkot district on Monday. Irrigation department sources told APP that rangers on Monday started patrolling the banks of Saifullah Magsi Canal and Khairthar Canal of Kamber-Shahdadkot district so as to check water theft. Shahbaz Rangers' sepoys were also deployed at the Grand Regulator of Taluka Qubo Saeed Khan (Kamber-Shahdadkot), the main distribution point of water between Sindh and Balochistan. There presence was said to help ensure sanctioned share of water flow to both the Provinces. The rangers had asked people to remove illegal pipes and lifting machines they had inserted in the canals and avoid damaging the gates of watercourses. Irrigation sources said that ranger's personnel were deployed in the canals of Kamber-Shahdadkot specially the tail- end areas of canals and distributaries. They told APP that the Sindh government has deployed the rangers on the demand of abadgars and farmers of the area, who had been complaining of injustice in distribution of irrigation water in tail- end areas of canals and distributaries.