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| January 20, 2007 | Saturday | Zilhaj 29, 1427 |
Council calls for remodelling LBOD
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 19: The Mirpurkhas district council on Friday called for remodelling the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) and constructing a protective embankment to save cities and towns from rainwater.
The council through a number of resolutions passed unanimously sought to ensure attendance of district government officers in its sessions and urged the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company to put off load-shedding at least till the end of Muharram.
The meeting chaired by Convenor Dr Zafar Kamali was unanimous in its demand for sending council members for Hajj and Umra and study tours to India.
Members Chaudhry Ahsanul Haq, Mir Zafarullah Talpur, Zafar Leghari, Ali Mardan Shah, Imtiaz Panwhar, Nawab Younus Talpur, A. D. Lakho, Jafar Kalro, Fatima Baloch and Shamim Jhandir called for implementation of the resolutions and demanded that the council should meet every month.
The convenor observed that the members should hold meetings at union council level to take measures to ensure peace by setting up peace committees and directed police to ensure law and order during the sacred month of Muharram.
ACCIDENT: A young boy was killed and two others suffered serious injuries when their motorcycles collided due to reckless driving on the M. A. Jinnah Road near State Life building on Friday.
Junaid Wahab, 14, Arshad and Wahid sustained serious wounds after the collision and were taken to civil hospital where Junaid Wahab died of his injuries. The two others were admitted to hospital.
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