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KHAIRPUR, Aug 25: One person was killed and four others were injured when a car and a tractor collided at Lal Shah on the National Highway near Hussainabad on Saturday night.
The driver of the car, Naseer Ahmed Sanjrani, was seriously injured and was shifted to the Khairpur Civil Hospital where he died.
The injured included a policeman, Ghulam Rasool, his wife, Farzana, his son, Abdul Rasool and Nazeer Bux.
They were referred to a Nawabshah hospital after getting first aid.
GROWERS: About 20 growers of Mehrab and Machhar minors, speaking at a press conference in Hingorja on Saturday, said they observed a hunger strike for 15 days against water shortage.
They said they were assured by the Secretary, Irrigation, Mir Mohammad Parhiar that within a week water would be provided to them after desilting the minors.
They complained that despite a lapse of two weeks, neither the desilting machine nor the water, had arrived at the waterways.
