Beautification of Bahawalpur envisaged

By:Faisal Mushtaq Gujjar

Email:faisalgujjar570@gmail.com

A comprehensive plan to beautify Bahawalpur city has been undertaken with a view  to high light  its historical importance and make it attractive to local as well  as foreign tourists.

Commissioner Saqib Zafar told to media  that the plan was aimed at restoration of the lost  grandeur of this old city ,which had treasure of historic  buildings, monuments and parks, including the inter nationally reputed Lal sohanra National Park.

Mr Zafar said to achieve the objective the city ‘s entrance and exit points would also be developed and  encroachments and unauthorized construction on Multan Road would be demolished.

In this respect, he said the law makers of the  area, traders bodies and intelligent  sia would also  be taken on board.

He said the reconstruction or rehabilitation of now vanished or damaged seven gates which once encircled the old walled city had already been started.

He said the restoration of historic clocks installed at over a century old building of the Government Sadiq Dane High School and Dring Stadium, would be undertaken, besides renovation of front portion of the printing press of the defunct Bahawalpur State on bagdad Road.

As part of the plan, he said the historic connon of the late Nawab’s era would be installed near the GPO Chowk in the city .

He said the reconstruction and restoration of the six gates Derawari,ahmedpuri,Shikarpuri,BoharMultaniand Mori would be carried out by the district Government hoping the work would be complete within next few months .

The seventh Farid Gate earlier known as Bekanari Gate,had already been renovated and illuminated by installing spot lights there.

Such lights, he said had also been installed along the painted walls of the building facing the circular Rand and the historic Central Library.

The commissioner said the repairs  of faulty and chocked underground sewerage system on the Circular Road ,particularly in front of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital(BVH) and Bund Road were being done by the public health engineering department (PHED) and city tehsil municipal  administration (TMA). This , he said, would help revive  the old sewerage  system of the city for smooth flow of sewage, especially in monsoon to provide relief to citizens.