NAROWAL: Sui gas and water supply to hundreds of houses has been suspended for the last two weeks after a pipeline was damaged during digging of land for laying a sewerage pipeline.

The residents of the affected areas have been facing problems due to unavailability of gas and clean drinking water. The affected areas include Abu Bakrpura and Hajwir Colony.

The contractor stopped work due to leakage of gas and water after pipes were damaged by excavators on Church Road. The road has been blocked for traffic and stagnant water puddles are also creating inconvenience for pedestrians.

Shabbir Hussain, Muhammad Shahid Silhari and other residents say they are forced to use costly gas cylinders due to disruption in the supply of gas. They say they have to bring meals from the market for the last one week as repair work is being done at a snail’s pace.

The citizens have protested against unavailability of gas and clean drinking water and demanded that Chief Minister Parvez Elahi take notice of the situation.

GANG BUSTED: The Sialkot police claimed to have arrested a robbers’ gang.

DPO Muhammad Faisal Kamran formed raiding teams headed by Pasrur circle DSP Muhammad Qasim to arrest Bilal gang wanted in many cases of robbery.

The ringleader would also sexually harass women during robbery. The police team traced the gang in 15 days after SHO Jahanzeb Khan and his team raided a hideout.

Those arrested were Bilal Arshad, Rashid Sarwar, Muhammad Talha, Akhtar Ali, Tariq Mahmood and Muhammad Osama.

The DPO claimed the gangsters were wanted by the Sialkot police in more than 34 cases of robbery.

Published in Dawn, November 5th, 2022