KARAK, Jan 30: The leaders of Qaumi Committee Ghol Banda on Monday staged a protest demonstration against what they called government’s decision to reduce height of the dam being built in the area. They demanded that area should be supplied with water from the dam.

The demand was made at a meeting of the committee held at Bahaderkhel on Monday with its chairman Mohammad Alam in the chair. The meeting claimed that the height of the dam had been decreased by up to 15 feet.

The meeting also alleged that the length of the canals had also been decreased and now hardly 200 acres of lands would be irrigated. The meeting was informed that in the PC-I, 2,000 acres of land was to be irrigated from the dam, alleging the drinking water supply scheme has also not been mentioned in the new plan.

SERVICE STRUCTURE: The district president of Anjuman Patwariyan and Qanoongoyan association Mohammad Ayaz Khattak has demanded service structure and time scale for them.

He was addressing a ceremony held on Monday to bid farewell to a patwari Mohammad Ameer.

Mr Khattak regretted that outgoing revenue official served for 38 years in the department but he was retiring in the same scale in which he was recruited. He said though the revenue officials had talent and education but they had no opportunity of promotion. He said they would not accept service structure without time scale.

INJURED: Unknown assailants on Monday fired on a car in the jurisdiction of Banda Daud Shah police station critically injuring three persons. Police launched operation to arrest the accused.

Police said assailants ambushed car of Dr Rahim Jan near Makoori area, injuring him and his two colleagues. They were shifted to Lachi hospital.