Sargodha( By Our Bureau Chief) Provincial
Minster for Mines and Minerals Ch. Sher Ali Khan has said that District
Sargodha enjoys the status of the biggest Stone Crushing Industry in Asia.
Punjab Government is utilizing all its sources and a large portion of the
revenue collected from this crushing area for the welfare and rehabilitation of
mines workers and their families. An amount of Rs. One billion has been
allocated for the construction of roads in the stone crushing area whereas a
Mines Labour Colony at 38-kanal land with State-of-the-art facilities is being
established in Sargodha as well. A Mines Rescue and Safety Station with the
total cost of Rs. 80 million is also under construction at Chakwal to ensure
and update safety measures for the Mines workers’ taken by the department.
He said this while presiding over a meeting to review the progress on
development schemes for Mines Labour, here today. Chief Inspector of Mines
Engineer Siddique Chaudhary, Director Mines Welfare Riaz Ahmad Ch, Director
Environment Mines Afzaal Ahmad Butt, Director Resource Mapping Allah Yaar,
Senior Research Officer Mian Zahid Mahmood and other concerned officers
attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that a 10-bedded Mines Labour
Welfare Hospital with the cost of Rs. 90 million has been established at
crushing areas near Sargodha to provide free and latest round the clock health
facilities to the Mines’ workers and their families. The hospital is equipped
with ambulance, x-ray, operation theatre, ECG and clinical laboratory as well.
More than 5500 workers and their families will be facilitated by this hospital.
The meeting was informed that a Mines Welfare Girls High School has also been
established at 52-kanal land with the total cost of Rs. 140 million where 83
students are enrolled and are provided free education, books and uniform. The
meeting also discussed matters related to welfare of Mines workers, measures to
prevent accidents in mines, educational scholarships, EOBI, pensions, training
workshops & courses and enhance Mineral sources. Minister Mines Ch. Sher
Ali Khan directed the concerned officers to complete the development projects
for the welfare of Mines workers in the targeted time. He said that the 300mw
Coal Fired Power Plant at Pind Dadan Khan and adjacent Coal Mining Project at
Chawan Saidan Shah will not only help out to control present energy crisis but
also create new opportunities of jobs for the local
youth.
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