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| February 27, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 9, 1428 |
Rusty water pipelines to be replaced
MULTAN, Feb 26: A 177-kilometre rusty water pipelines would be replaced at a cost of Rs220 million under the chief minister’s programme to provide clean drinking water to the people of Multan.
District nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar said at a press conference here on Monday that the CDG was installing 12 water purification plants in the city and supply from these plants would start on March 15.
He said the water purification plants were being installed at Chowk Abbas Shah, Mumtazabad, block B of Shah Rukn-i-Alam Colony, Water Works Road, Samijabad, Lohari Gate, Bagh Langay Khan, Jamilabad Chungi No 1 and Gulgasht Colony. Each plant could purify 1,000 gallons water daily, he added.
He said ultra violate rays technology was being used in these plants to kill germs.
Mr Mukhtar said the pipelines inside the walled city have been replaced. Remaining pipelines of the city would be changed till June 30.
The nazim said cattle pens would be shifted from the city. However, the CDG would help milkmen set up their shops in the city limits.
He warned that strict action would be taken if any nazim or any other elected representative tried to hinder shifting of cattle pens.
He said work on a sewerage project worth Rs500 million would start from May in Gulgasht Colony, Bosan Road, Nasheman Colony, Shalimar Colony and adjoining areas.
CATTLE-PENS: The City District Government Multan will launch a crackdown on cattle-pen owners if they fail to shift their animals from the revenue limits of the city by Feb 28.
For this purpose, the CDGM has constituted four squads, comprising police, officials of four towns and the livestock staff, for the shifting of cattle from the city limits on trucks.
The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by City District Nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar here on Monday.
It was decided that SHOs would prepare lists of cattle-pens in their respected areas while all towns would arrange announcements through loudspeaker on vehicles for the shifting of animals by the deadline.
Check posts would also be established in different areas to check trucks and tractor-trolleys bringing fodder and husk in the city. Owners would have to pay Rs15,000 fine for each buffalo in case they defied the authority of the CDGM.
The district nazim said that an agreement had already been reached between the CDGM and the cattle-pen association for the shifting of animals from the city. He said that the CDGM would not extend the date.
He said around 30,000 buffalos and cows in more than 1,000 cattle-pens were not only contaminating the city environment but also becoming a major cause for choking of the sewerage system.
The district nazim said that four transformers had been installed in `gawala colony’ besides equipping it with streetlights and water facility.
He said the high court had already rejected at least 10 petitions of the cattle owners.
ASP Fayyaz Ahmed said that extra staff and vehicles had been provided to police stations concerned in line with the directions of the district government.
WARNING: The Multan Electric Power Company on Monday warned its employees of strict action if found involved in overbilling.
“Employees will face action according to law if overbilling complaints against them are found to be true,” said Mepco deputy manager Aurangzeb Siddiqi while entertaining consumer complaints.
He said the consumers should contact the regional complaint centre from 10am to 12 noon to get their problems solved.
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