Source Dawn
ocial and political circles of Shakardarra have demanded tehsil status for their town, saying that the government has not provided even basic necessities of life such as drinking water to the residents despite earning huge profits from the local oil and gas resources.
They said that they had formed an organisation `Sabit Qadam` to strive for getting their rights after they were disappointed by hollow promises of the administration, OGDCL and parliamentarians to solve their problems.
Speaking at a jirga, former nazim of Shakardarra Abdur Rasheed Khattak said that drinking water was being supplied to residents of the town on daily basis through tankers for last seven years and there was no permanent system. He said that work on water supply scheme had been stopped since long for unknown reasons.
He lamented that the area still did not have any college and a hospital while MPA from the area is busy launching small projects like construction of streets.
Former union council nazim Gul Rehman said that Karrappa-Shakardarra road had been damaged due to use of substandard material in its construction. He said that there was no proper drainage system in the bazaar, which turned into a pool of water during rains.
He claimed that the increasing pollution due to massive oil and gas exploratory work was causing several diseases among the residents, but the small hospital of the area lacked sufficient staff and medicines to provide them timely treatment. He demanded appointment of specialist doctors and giving tehsil headquarters hospital status to the local basic health unit.
Another political worker, Riazur Rehman, said that the district administration did not pay attention to their problems despite their protests.
He also complained that their public representatives never raised their problems in the provincial and national assemblies.
Mohammad Younis, president of the OGDCL`s contract employees, blamed the MPA from the area for their problems and claimed that he did not listen to their grievances.
A social worker, Mumtaz Hussain, said that the government had promised to construct a grid station in Shakardarra and the MPAs and MNAs were making announcements in this regard since 2007 to overcome the problem of low voltage and line losses, but the project was yet to be started.
ocial and political circles of Shakardarra have demanded tehsil status for their town, saying that the government has not provided even basic necessities of life such as drinking water to the residents despite earning huge profits from the local oil and gas resources.
They said that they had formed an organisation `Sabit Qadam` to strive for getting their rights after they were disappointed by hollow promises of the administration, OGDCL and parliamentarians to solve their problems.
Speaking at a jirga, former nazim of Shakardarra Abdur Rasheed Khattak said that drinking water was being supplied to residents of the town on daily basis through tankers for last seven years and there was no permanent system. He said that work on water supply scheme had been stopped since long for unknown reasons.
He lamented that the area still did not have any college and a hospital while MPA from the area is busy launching small projects like construction of streets.
Former union council nazim Gul Rehman said that Karrappa-Shakardarra road had been damaged due to use of substandard material in its construction. He said that there was no proper drainage system in the bazaar, which turned into a pool of water during rains.
He claimed that the increasing pollution due to massive oil and gas exploratory work was causing several diseases among the residents, but the small hospital of the area lacked sufficient staff and medicines to provide them timely treatment. He demanded appointment of specialist doctors and giving tehsil headquarters hospital status to the local basic health unit.
Another political worker, Riazur Rehman, said that the district administration did not pay attention to their problems despite their protests.
He also complained that their public representatives never raised their problems in the provincial and national assemblies.
Mohammad Younis, president of the OGDCL`s contract employees, blamed the MPA from the area for their problems and claimed that he did not listen to their grievances.
A social worker, Mumtaz Hussain, said that the government had promised to construct a grid station in Shakardarra and the MPAs and MNAs were making announcements in this regard since 2007 to overcome the problem of low voltage and line losses, but the project was yet to be started.
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