NASEERABAD | Commissioner Naseerabad Division Salahuddin Noorzai has directed irrigation authorities to ensure equitable distribution of canal water to tail-end farmers during the Rabi season to protect wheat cultivation and other agricultural crops.
Naseerabad commissioner reviews Pat Feeder and Kachhi canals, orders desilting, embankment repairs and action against water theft during Rabi season
He issued the directives during a meeting with Chief Engineer Canals Qurban Ali Jatoi, where irrigation water availability, canal maintenance and distribution challenges were reviewed.
Superintending Engineer Irrigation Circle Mudassir Zafar Khoso, SSP Naseerabad Asad Nasir, Executive Engineer Pat Feeder Canal Shams-ul-Mulk Badini and Executive Engineer Kachhi Canal Ilahi Bakhsh Gajani attended the meeting.
Noorzai emphasized that Naseerabad Division was a major agricultural region of Balochistan and that timely irrigation supplies were essential to maintaining crop production.
He directed officials to accelerate canal desilting, strengthen embankments and take effective measures against illegal water diversion and theft.
During the meeting, irrigation officials briefed the commissioner on water availability, ongoing maintenance work and operational challenges affecting the Pat Feeder and Kachhi canals.
The officials acknowledged difficulties in supplying irrigation water during the current Rabi season and assured that available resources would be utilized to improve distribution.
Noorzai stressed better coordination among relevant departments to remove supply bottlenecks and ensure that farmers, particularly those at the tail ends of canals, received their fair share of irrigation water.
