GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: Declaring 41 school buildings dangerous, the provincial education department has asked the buildings department to renovate or reconstruct them without delay.

The department had launched a survey of school buildings immediately after the quake.

The Gujranwala executive district officer (education) has conducted a survey of all primary, elementary and secondary schools throughout the district and declared 41 of the buildings dangerous. They include 28 secondary and 13 elementary school buildings.

Officials in the education department claim that they have time and again asked the government and the department concerned to get the buildings repaired or reconstructed, but they had ignored the demand.

It is learnt that most of the newly-constructed buildings of schools also have developed cracks.

Meanwhile, people have demanded that the government should undertake the project of reconstruction.

patwaris sacked: Over a dozen patwaris of Naushera Virkan, recruited a few months back, were sacked on Friday for getting appointments on bogus credentials.

Reports said that Punjab Board of Revenue secretary Chaudhry Nasrullah Chattha reviewed cases of these patwaris and declared their appointments illegal. He ordered immediate termination of these officials and issued a notification to this effect.

Those who have been sacked include Rana Tanvir Ahmad, Rana Zulfikar Ahmad, Imran Asgher, Muhammad Pervaiz, Ziaullah, Hafiz Amanullah, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Ghulam Mustafa, Rana Tariq Ali and Rana Ijaz Ahmad.

TWO COPS INJURED: Two constables were stabbed and injured seriously on Friday when they tried to frisk a criminal in Rakh Kikeranwali village on Ferozewala Road.