KOHAT: The director earth and water management department, Tayyab Khan Khattak, has said that surveys are being conducted to construct check dams in mainly mountainous areas of Kohat to control damage to the standing crops during rains.

Speaking at a one-day workshop for the staff and farmers, he said that a project was also underway to identify the crops suitable for Kohat to gain more production and introduce new crop varieties.

Mr Khattak and former director retired Col Iftikhar Shinwari, who also spoke on the occasion, said that the government had allocated Rs13 billion for all the districts of the province under the agriculture emergency project for constructing small dams to check floods and use the water for irrigation purpose.

They said the dams would recharge the soil which would raise the water level.

They said that Kohat was mainly a mountainous area and as such small dams were necessary to control the flow of water and avoid damage to the standing crops.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION: The students of government college of technology are showing keen interest in learning Chinese language and other trades, which will help them in getting jobs.

This was stated by principal of the college, Hazrat Hussain, at a prize distribution ceremony. He said that according to the government’s policy 200 students were getting training in each session.

Mr Hussain said that a latest laboratory had been established where the students were given practical training in different fields.

The college offers B.Tech degrees to 1,300 students. Later, he distributed prizes among the position holders of Chinese language course and other trades.

Published in Dawn, March 6th, 2020