Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Raja Shaukat Mehmood Thursday sought cooperation of citizens and Mohala committee in preventing water wastage in different localities of the city.
He advised the public to take precautionary measures like avoiding car and motorcycle wash at homes besides excessive use of water in floor-cleansing so that smooth water supply in residential areas could be ensured. Talking to APP here, he said: “Due to the decrease in water level at Khanpur dam, the water supply has decreased to four million gallons from six million gallons per day.”
He said WASA is trying to supply water through tankers and “we appeal to residents not to waste water so that it should be distributed with full impartiality.”
Sharing the WASA strategy to cope with the prevailing situation, he said two new tube-wells would be operational in Shahkrial by next week, which would help improve water supply in different localities including Dhoke Shahkrial, Muhmmadi Colony, Milad Chowk and Kuri Road. Work is under way to replace the old machineries at various tube-wells to improve water supply, he said adding that new pipelines are also being laid.
Martyrs’ Week to be observed from Monday: Martyrs’ Week will be observed from Monday in Indian Occupied Kashmir to pay homage to the youth who were killed by Indian troops during the uprising in 2010.
This was stated by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, while addressing the meeting of his forum in Srinagar. He urged the world community and human rights bodies to investigate the killings of innocent youth by Indian troops in indiscriminate firing during the uprising, KMS reported. It was on 11 June, 2010 when a Kashmiri teenager, Tufail Mattoo, was killed by Indian troops in Srinagar. The killing had triggered a mass uprising in the occupied territory for a period of three months and122 people were killed during the anti-India demonstrations.
Muhammad Ahsan Untoo of International Forum for Justice, in a statement announced a series of sit-in protests from Monday againstthe killings of the youth by Indian troops and police personnel. APHC leader Mohammad Yousuf Naqash, addressing party meetings in different areas of Srinagar, said that Kashmir was an international dispute that should be settled in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen killed a 24-year-old civilian at Panzgam in Pulwama. An unidentified decomposed body of a man was recove.
Narcotics ministry organises speech competition: The Ministry of Narcotics Control Thursday organized an English and Urdu speech competition among the students of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as a component of mass awareness campaign against drug abuse.
Secretary Narcotics Control Javed Iqbal was the chief guest on the occasion, former Secretary Narcotics Control Zafar Abass Lak, Joint Secretary Narcotics Control Zulqarnain Aamir, Director General Planning and Monitoring Unit (PMU) Muhammad Shahid also attended the event. Cash prizes of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 for first, second and third position were given respectively for two categories of Urdu and English.
In English category, Seemab Haider received the first prize while Hashim Mufti bagged the second prize and Nida Rehman got the third. In Urdu Category, Muhammad Umar stood first, Safia Shahid achieved second prize and Hasan Ali remained third. Addressing the gathering Secretary Narcotics Control Javed Iqbal said that anti narcotics issues can not be countered by government alone, rather it is shared responsibility of every segment of society. He said that the role of youth is very important in this regard, adding that they can actively participate in making “Drug Free” homes, schools, colleges and workplaces.
He said that youth needs to be courageous enough to “Say No to Drugs”, adding that they should engage them selves in healthy activities of sports and recreation which ultimately would shape their personality positively.
He further said “for the establishment of drug free society, involvement of parents, teachers, students, religious leaders, health professionals, community leaders and social workers is necessary”.
The ministry has already launched series of seminars, sorts activities and workshop to create awareness among youth outlining the harms of drugs as youth is the most vulnerable to become victim of drugs.
