LARKANA: February 21, 2015. (Nazir Siyal) Repeat Mega-scheme worth Rs. 1130 million for upgrading existing failure sewerage system of already carried out in Larkana Development Package (LDP) with heavy cost about billions of rupees still in doldrums. Ongoing Mega-scheme in Larkana city without hiring the services of consultants and experts, resulted loopholes of ill-planning continues in the home district of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who claimed Larkana would be a model like Paris in PPP rule. After eight years of PPP government in Sindh everything is clear crystal, the civil society representatives have expressed their concern over the prevailing substandard ongoing work on mega drainage project in Larkana. It was longstanding demand of Larkana people to be provided mega scheme for upgrading sewerage system to get rid of stagnant sewerage water to be drain out the city, that unfortunately such effluent continue poured in Rice Canal and unhygienic conditions of 1 million populated city. It is also pertinent to be mentioned here that after untried efforts of MNA Faryal Talpur and other elected representatives of government approved the scheme and assigned to Public Health Engineering for executing mega scheme, it was also inaugurated by lying foundation stone of Disposal at Police headquarter Larkana few month back, but again the department have demolished all its development and reconstructed the work. Public Health Department Larkana has undertaken task to upgrade failure sewerage system and initiated work on of eight more disposals in Larkana included the disposals Zulifqar Bagh, Bhurgri colony, Nazar Muhalla, Murad Wahan, Police head quarter and others. The repairing and renovating of some portions or formally at present total 52 disposals were operating in Larkana city including 38 of NSUSC, while rest of at WAPDA, District Jail and LINAR hospital told Abdul Wahab Sahito Executive Engineer Public Health Engineer. He further stated that 10 contractors prequalified for scheme out of 50 and started work added that future planning is being formulated to reduce Disposals in Larkana by 17 the officials told. Sources further disclosed that the contract of scheme has been assigned to inexperienced favorite contractors on a huge bribe, they had no previous experience of mega such schemes adding that inaugurated disposal which was constructed, also demolished after opening and its was showed substandard work and ill planning of concerned department sources told. New mega drainage scheme is a last ray of hope for the citizens to turn Larkana as a beautiful and environmental free city, but incompetency on part of Public Health Engineering and district administration ignored incompetent consultant and experts over proper utilization of funds on scheme. Over 16 pump stations draining out sewerage effluent directly into Rice Canal and Dadu Canal, as Polio virus is believed present in the sewerage water and posing threats to health of thousands of children which is matter of concern told health professional to this scribe. Despite of construction of RCC drainage system under Larkana Development Package, several roads are inundated by sewerage, existing drainage system failed completely to dispose off sewerage water, due to surface level citizens are facing many hardships during heavy rain in this regard. Several areas of Larkana city are inundated by sewerage water and roads with heap of garbage, during her meeting with officials of District administration Larkana regarding the cleanliness of city. MNA Faryal Talpur has issued directives several times to district administration and NSUSC authorities to redress problems of citizens, but concerned authorities yet to implement her orders. She has directed the concerned officials of NSUSC, Public Health Engineering and TMA to take necessary steps and ensure the cleanliness in city but after passage of reasonable time and PPP government for over 8 years in Sindh, the orders of MNA Faryal Talpur were not implemented and concerned authorities turned their deaf ear. Sindh government on directives of MNA Faryal Talpur approved mega drainage scheme with cost of Rs 1130 million to upgrade the existing drainage system and developing 8 more pump stations in city to resolve drainage issue, it was uphill task to stream line failure drainage system. The citizens and representatives of civil society has appealed to Ombudsman, NAB and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, MNA Faryal Talpur to take notice of ill planning and ongoing corruption of concerned officials and ensure quality work touched its extreme line of existing sewerage system of inside the city.