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More than 100 growers of Imam minor, Sobhodero taluka staged a sit-in on Sobhodero-Saghiyoon Road on Saturday in protest against irrigation water shortage since last four months. They also burnt tyres and raised slogans against the authorities. Later, they reached the press club and observed hunger strike. Arab Mangnejo, Khadim and others told reporters that their crops, including cotton and sugarcane were being damaged due to water shortage. They also informed of having met irrigation officials several times but their problems remain where these were.
A PhD final seminar was held on Friday at the National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh.
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The city government's decision to sell garbage to a private sector cement firm for production of electricity without inviting companies to tender for the contract and obtaining permission from the city council has raised serious questions about the transparency of the deal and environmental suitability of the project. According to the agreement between the city government's enterprise and investment promotion department and the cement firm, the city government will earn less than half the money it was going to get earlier, Dawn has learnt.
: Five more people died of gastroenteritis in Luddan area during the last three days. Reports said the people were getting contaminated water because of mixing of a sewer line with water supply pipe. The deceased were identified as Allah Rakha, 40, Farah Bibi, 5, Jannat Bibi, 60, Asif, 5, and four-year-old Muhammad Ali.
The absence of public toilets is causing immense hardship to the people in Mithi. Shopkeepers, social workers and common people say that though Mithi, the district headquarters town, has a population of over 50,000, the municipal administration and its town planners never considered to build public toilets in main areas of the town, in shopping canters, tourists' spots and other public places.After visiting various colonies, private clinics, bus stops, markets and shopping centres, this correspondent has observed that this aspect of public service has received no attention.
As part of its nine-day special study aimed at finding the levels of vehicular noise generation in the city, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) started taking readings of noise emissions caused by vehicular traffic on Thursday. Noise readings were taken at Fresco Chowk (Burnes Road), Tibet Centre and Seventh Day Adventist Hospital on M. A. Jinnah Road and Empress Market. Six readings were taken at one of the points in question. The Sepa, which plans to study vehicular traffic noise levels in 28 areas of the city, has dedicated two teams of its experts for the task.
The provincial transport minister, Akhtar Hussain Jadoon, said that permits for old rickshaws could be renewed till June 30, 2010 provided they used silencers which produced relatively less noise and emission as introduced by the Rickshaw Owners' Association (ROA). He was speaking to an ROA delegation that called on him here on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Secretary Transport Rasheed Alam, Additional Advocate-General Sarwar Khan, SP Traffic Zulfikar Maher, DO transport, SRTC chairman Yar Mohammed Jutt and the chairman of the Rickshaw Owners' Association, Hakam Khan Jadoon.
A large number of farmers celebrated the irrigation water supply after a decade's suspension to 30 villages situated at Moongi distributary of lower Gogera branch canal near Gojra on Thursday. Farmers arranged a reception for DCO Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf and irrigation department officials at the Moongi rest house. Addressing the gathering, the DCO said that 60 outlets of this distributary had either been broken or closed on account of water theft and silt.
The Punjab Water Council (PWC) has demanded dismissal of Irrigation Minister Raja Riaz allegedly for working against interests of the province. Raja Riaz who is the senior PPP minister in the Punjab government categorically stated here on Wednesday that Punjab should forget construction of the controversial mega Kalabagh dam on river Indus. The Executive Committee of Punjab Water Council held an emergency meeting here on Thursday and said that the Punjab Assembly has already passed a resolution favouring the immediate construction of Kalabagh Dam.
