Gujranwala: Federal Minister for defense Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan expressed his deep concern over poor performance of waste management company and irrigation department Gujranwala, while addressing a meeting here at the DC’s office in Gujranwala. He said the cleanliness situation in the city has gone from bad to worset due to the negligence and mismanagement of the waste management company, he warned the waste management officers that they have no option except dumping the garbage on a daily basis, minister said why have they not purchased the ne
cessary machinery besides availability of funds, no more leniency would be accepted from the part of waste management officers, he warned. While discussing the performance of the irrigation department the minister was informed that due to no
n-cooperation of irrigation department, project of Qila Mian Singh Mines has no
t been completed so far. Minister directed the irrigation officers to be active and get the canal cleared up, I shall inspect the progress in the next days by visiting the same spot again. Deputy Commissioner Sohail Ahmed Tippu briefed the minister about cleanliness work and said that on the directions of the CM Punjab, a special campaign has been started to clean the city, work is carried on day and night.
Robbers have a field day in Gujranwala: Dacoits and thieves took away cash, gold ornaments, vehicles and other valuables in 28 hits. In Ali Pur Chatha police station limit armed men intercepted Javed and snatched Rs 73 tho
usand, gold locket set and c
ell phone, in cantt area bandits looted Rs 22 tho
usand, motorcycle and c
ell phone from Luqman, in Aroop area robbers took away Rs 32 tho
usand, gold chain and c
ell phone from Tufail, at Ahmed Nagar Javed was deprived of Rs 100 thousand and c
ell phone on gun point, in Sadar Wazirabad area dacoits took away Rs 20 thousands, two c
ell phones from Ashfaq, in civil lines area swindlers took away Rs 27 tho
usand, gold ornaments from a woman, in Tatleywali armed men intercepted Hashim and deprived him of Rs 60 tho
usand, gold ornaments and c
ell phones, in Kot Ladha bandits snatched Rs 43 tho
usand, two c
ell phones and gold locket set from Hakim, in Ferozwala dacoits took away Rs 37 tho
usand, c
ell phone from Abu Bakar, three armed men entered in the house of Naeem and looted Rs 60 tho
usand, gold ornaments, two lap tops and three c
ell phones, in Nowshera road swindlers took away Rs 22 tho
usand, gold chain from a woman, in cantt police station limit Tayyab was deprived of Rs 30 thousands, two c
ell phones on gun point, in Nowshera Virkan bandits snatched Rs 110 tho
usand, gold ring and c
ell phones from Furqan, swindlers took away Rs 36 tho
usand, c
ell phones and gold ornaments from a woman in Dogranwali, at Ladhewala Warriach Zaheer was deprived of Rs 52 tho
usand, gold locket set and two c
ell phones on gun point, in Aroop police station limit robbers looted Rs 18 tho
usand, gold ring and c
ell phones from Zubair, in Ali Pur Chatha dacoits took away Rs 40 tho
usand, c
ell phones and gold chain from Khuram, at Ahmed Nagar Sadam was deprived of Rs 17 tho
usand, motorcycle and c
ell phones, in Qila Didar Singh armed men intercepted Fawad and deprived him of Rs 44 tho
usand, two c
ell phones and gold locket set, in theft incidents unknown thieves swept the houses and shops of Awais, Arslan,Azhar, Abdullah, Zubair, Nasir and Usman while Motorcycles of Naveed and Irfan were stolen from different places.
Published in Daily Times, January 22nd 2018.