TOBA TEK SINGH: Dozens of houses were razed on Saturday and Sunday in Chak 320-GB, 321-GB, Adda Khan Jawan, C Plot, Bilal Colony and 673/14 GB in Pirmahal by a team of the revenue department.

Tehsildar Manzar Hafeez said all the houses razed had been constructed illegally on state land and demolished on government orders. He claimed that Rs30 million worth of state land had been retrieved in the operation.

Muhammad Ramzan and Abdul Rashid, owners of two houses in Chak 321-GB, told the media that they had been living in their houses for 20 years.

They claimed they were not informed of the operation beforehand as a result of which their valuables worth hundreds of thousands had been destroyed and a number of cattle injured.

They demanded alternative land to reconstruct their houses and compensation for their losses.

ACCIDENT: Three people died in an accident in Gojra on Sunday.

Pervaiz Masih of Chak 362-JB and his wife Shahnaz Bibi were returning home from a village on a motorcycle rickshaw. When they reached near Chak 277-JB Nangal Wala on Gojra-Faisalabad road, a passenger van coming from Gojra hit their vehicle, killing Pervaiz and rickshaw driver Khalil Ahmad instantly. Shahnaz was shifted to Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital where she later died.

Nawan Lahore police impounded the passenger van, but its driver fled from the scene.

PRICES: The district administration failed to check prices of meat and fruits just a day before Eid when vendors looted citizens all day.

The price of mutton was fixed at Rs600 per kilogramme but butchers were selling it for Rs800 per kg. When customers objected to it, they claimed that goats were hardly available on Eid and good quality mutton could not be sold for less that Rs800 per kg.

Price of beef is Rs280 per kg but it is available for Rs 400 per kg. Similarly, the price of chicken was Rs190 two days ago, but on Sunday it was being sold at Rs260 per kg.

Plum was being sold at Rs120 to Rs150 per kg just a day ago, but was being sold on Sunday for Rs250 per kg. Apricot, which was available at Rs120 per kg, was also being sold between Rs200 to Rs250 per kg on Sunday.

Good quality mango cost Rs200 to Rs250 per kg instead of its previous price of Rs160 to Rs180 per kg.

Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2017