MARDAN: District Nazim Himayatullah Mayar on Sunday criticised the government
and Irrigation Department for reducing discharge of irrigation water to Mardan district.
Talking to The News, Himayatullah Mayar said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were staging sit-in and protest rallies in the country against the federal government while on the other hand its government had started injustice with the district.
He claimed that sub-divisional office of Irrigation Department in Mardan had written a letter to provincial authorities stating that the discharge of water had been curtailed at Munda Headwork’s far below the district share.
Himayatullah Mayar asked the provincial government to stop the injustice. He vowed to raise the issue at all forums. The nazim also asked the Minister for Education Muhammad Atif Khan and other lawmakers of PTI from Mardan district to raise voice for the rights of the district.
