CHITRAL: The owners of automobile workshops in Chitral city have demanded of the government to ensure proper disposal of waste produced by their workplaces.

Esa Ali Khan, a representative of the automobile workshop owners, told reporters here on Sunday that unhealthy workplaces were not only harmful to workers but they polluted environment as well.

He said the workshops located in Denin, Krup Risht and Polo Ground Road areas didn’t have proper places or system to dispose of waste both solid and fluid generated in large quantity on a daily basis.

“The waste ultimately pollutes the river’s water,” he said.

Mr Esa claimed that the tehsil municipal administration’s sanitation workers had never come to their auto-workshops.

Workers complain of health problems, pollution

He complained that the TMA had repeatedly ignored requests to supply safe drinking water to the workshops, but to no avail.

“The use of contaminated water has many workers serious problems, while the rest are at high risk of contracting diseases,” he said.

Mr Esa also asked the TMA to force landlords to set up toilets in or alongside workshops.

He insisted that whenever tenants demanded toilets on the premises, the landlords served eviction notices on them.

BOOK LAUNCH: Shahzada Tanvirul Mulk on Sunday launched the first-ever book on music in Chitrali language Khowar.

During the launching ceremony here, Shahzada Faham Aziz, Khan Mir, Saleh Nizam, Gul Murad Hasrat, Dr Inayatullah Faizi and Aftab Alam appreciated the writer for bringing out a treasure of authentic and well-found information on Khowar music, folk songs, poets and singers.

They said Khowar music was fast fading away and therefore, it should be persevered in black and white and by electronic means.

The speakers said Tanvirul Mulk’s book carried data and facts on Khowar music and that it would be a reference for researchers.

ELECTED: Eidul Hussain was elected the president of ANP’s Chitral chapter here on Sunday.

The other new office-bearers of the party included vice-president Abdul Ahad, general secretary Dr Sardar Ahmad and treasurer Yastoorul Haq.

The election was supervised by ANP provincial vice-president Irum Fatima and provincial joint secretary Khadija Bibi.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2019