KHAIRPUR, July 15: Activists of the City Forum took out a procession in Ranipur town on Thursday to demand urgent repair of the western embankment of the Rohri Canal near the town.
Led by Hafizullah Memon, the procession emerged from the Rohri Canal bridge and later terminated at the press club.
The activists of the forum, founded by political and social workers, including those of the People's Party Parliamentarians, Sindh National Front and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, said that the embankment, situated close to the town, had weakened owing to the negligence of the irrigation department.
A breach could occur at any time, inundating Ranipur, Gambat, Darza Sharif and other parts of the area, besides the National Highway, they added.
SHOT DEAD: Four unidentified armed men shot dead a student in Khaat village, Gambat taluka, on Thursday. Munner Ahmed Narejo, a student of HSC (higher secondary certificate), was working in his fields when the armed men attacked and killed him.
Motive behind the murder was said to be some old enmity between two groups. However, no case was registered till the filing of this report. In another incident, a labourer, Mohammad Qasim Kalhoro, 22, resident of Tagial Kalhoro village, was killed in Lala Bakhsh Kalhoro village, late on Wednesday night.
It was said that a dispute between two groups over a date orchard led to the incident. The Babarloi police have registered a case against accused Mohammad Moosa Kalhoro.
ELECTROCUTED: A teenaged girl, Mehwish, 14, daughter of Mumtaz Ali Soomro, was electrocuted owing to a short circuit in Khuhra, Gambat taluka, on Wednesday. She was rushed to the Gambat Taluka Hospital where she breathed her last.
SIT-IN: Members of the Government Secondary Teachers Association staged a sit-in outside the Kot Diji police station on Monday to protest against the arrest of GSTA office-bearer Mukhtar Lashari.
