Welfare schemes initiated by PPP MNA in Tando Ghulam Ali Town

BADIN: The authorities of the town committee of Tando Ghulam Ali town under the active supervision of PPP MNA, Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur have started multiple welfare schemes for the people of town and other areas with the funds granted by the Sindh government.

The officials as well as close associates of the senior PPP leader and MNA from Badin district, Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur, informed this reporter on Tuesday that under his strict supervision, the authorities of the town committee had so far saved and deposited Rs 370 million from the public funds, which according to them, would be spent on other schemes to provide all basic amenities of life.

They added that under directions of Mr Talpur, they had also initiated variorious programmes to provide dowry to poor girls, computers to the local library so that youths of the town could get maximum access to the books of various subjects. ” The deserving youths studying in universities have also been given Rs 3 million as the grant to continue their studies” they pointed out.

“We also have enough funds to provide required life saving drugs including anti-snake-venom vaccines to those people who either cannot get the same in the hospitals or cannot afford to buty from private stores ” they said and gave credit to the senior PPP leader and MNA and his team members including the chairman Mir Noor Ahmed aka Mir Hajan Talpur and other councillors, who, instead of wasting the government funds, on unnecessary schemes, opted to launch people-friendly schemes on his direction.

Meanwhile, when contacted, Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur confirmed the details shared by the officials and said that it was his utmost desire to provide all basic amenities of life from the funds they had been receiving from governments to the people of hometown and his constituency .

He said that he had already invited the chief minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah to visit his hometown to inaugurate and inspect various schemes undertaken by the officials of the town committee . ” We have decided to install solar plates in every street in my hometown,” he added and made it clear he would never tolerate any corrupt practices in the public funds. ” I am proud of the efforts of my team members, who after saving a huge amount have deposited the same in the banks,” he said.

Informed Mr Talpur that for his constituency NA 222, which comprises Matli, Talhar and parts of Tando Bago talukas, was being given schemes of roads and school buildings. He said that the Sindh government, on his request, had sanctioned the buildings of 16 schools with modern facilities including solar panels.

The people from different walks of life have been praising the sincere efforts of the PPP MNA for saving the funds and spending the same on the people-friendly schemes and projects . The social media activists shared their posts on various social media platforms and highly lauded MNA Talpur and his team members and asked the officials of other municipal and town committees to learn the lesson from authorities of Tando Ghulam Ali and to replicate the same methods to save the public funds, which are released to them from Sindh government, for the welfare projects in every city and town of the province.

Hanif Samoon is a senior journalist based at Thar/Badin and contributes reports from different districts of Sindh to Minute Mirror. He has won a number of awards, including the Agahi Award twice for his stories on health and child rights. He tweets @HanifSamoon1 and can be reached through email at [email protected]