Initially there was one Department namely Public Works Department (PWD) and it consisted of Irrigation Department, Building Department, Roads Department and Public Health Engineering Department. With the passage of time these Departments started parting ways from each other and become totally independent with separate budget and name. Before mid sixteen, Buildings and Roads Department (B&R) was one Department later on it was bifurcated in two Departments each one was headed by Chief Engineer under Secretary, C&W Department. After Devolution Communication & Works Department was renamed as Works & Services Department and some of its officers were transferred to District Government while others were retained in the Provincial set-up. The Education Engineering Works, which were with Education Department before devolution, were transferred to Works & Services Department.

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Structure of Department:

I. Before Devolution.

Before Devolution, Communication & Works Department was responsible for execution and maintenance of Roads and Buildings Projects pertaining to Government of Sindh, in entire province except works which were executed by civic agencies and other agencies. At that time strength of the Department was as under:

II. After Devolution.

After Devolution, workload was partly transferred to District Government and the strength of department was reduced as under:

At provincial level no group of offices from other Department have been merged. The Education Engineering works after re-structuring has been devolved at District level and none of its functions have been retained at Provincial level. The Foreign Aided Project of Education Engineering Works under Project Director (Education Works) is dealt by Education Department at Provincial level.