Perilous law and order situation in Karachi has hit the third edition of Livestock, Dairy, Fisheries & Agriculture (LDFA), 2013 exhibition that lacked usual enthusiasm. Uncertain situation of the city had pushed the Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) to a state of utter confusion in organising this mega event. Resultantly, the spirit, which was witnessed in past two exhibitions, was missing in LDFA, 2013 on Saturday.
Despite claiming to have doubled the number of stalls to 500 in LDFA, 2013, exhibitors have not made any special arrangements to attract the visitors. In the last exhibition, exhibitors had displayed milk processing plant and some other processing units related to agriculture but now they are keen to grab the attention of masses through leaflets. Some of the exhibitors while talking to this correspondent said the SBI, which has been working on the arrangements of this mega event for last two months, has finalised its plan just a couple of days before the exhibition.
Therefore, the exhibitors, who were worried about the prospect of the exhibition, did not get enough time for finalising the required arrangements. Similarly, the display area of livestock is not impressive as only a few big vendors of livestock are participating in the event.
An official in SBI, who did not want to be named, said arrangements of LDFA, which is a brainchild of Motiwala and former investment secretary, Muhammad Younus Dagha, were not up to the mark, due to the newly appointed high-ups in SBI, fisheries and livestock departments.
According to SBI Chairman Zubair Motiwala, main objective of the event is to uplift the life of rural population by bringing urban investments into livestock, dairy, fisheries & agriculture sectors. However, Secretary, Livestock and Fisheries Syed Abid Ali Shah and Secretary, Agriculture Aga Jan Akhtar were unable to attend the inaugural ceremony that kicked off at noon because of late arrival by acting Governor and Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khoro.
Source: http://www.brecorder.com/
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