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BAHAWALPUR, Oct 22: The National Highway and Motorway Police will take over the section from Sutlej bridge, Bahawalpur, to Tarinda Muhammad Panah, Rahim Yar Khan, immediately after Eid. It was learnt here on Friday that the NH&MP staff would start patrolling on this highway section after Eid.
By then, it is expected that the under-construction portion of Bahawalpur-Ahmedpur East-Tarinda Muhammad Panah highway will be completed as the road from Bahawalpur to Tarinda via Ahmedpur East is being dualized. The road is connected with Karachi-Lahore-Peshawar (KLP) at Tarinda Muhammad Panah.
Initially, the NH&MP will only take over this portion to educate the drivers of the motorway traffic rules and will create awareness among motorists to observe the laws and avoid violations.
It is expected that after the training of drivers for about a month, the NH&MP will enforce traffic rules, which if violated, will be liable to be charged with fine. The Bahawalpur-Ahmedpur East-Tarinda Muhammad Panah portion of the national highway is expected to be completed by December, 2004.
WATER COURSES: To construct 28,000 new cemented water courses at a cost of over Rs28.22 billion in the Punjab under the national programme for water management, all 'kutcha' water courses will be dismantled by Dec 31, 2004.
This was stated by National Programme project director Nasir Mahmood Khosa while presiding over a meeting of DCOs of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan at Circuit House here on Friday.
Punjab agriculture secretary Arif Nadeem informed the meeting that the federal government had provided a sum of Rs750 million out of Rs20 billion grant for this national programme.
SCHOLARSHIPS: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur, has announced the national talent scholarships for 19 students on the basis annual matriculation results, 2004.
