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Rubber Dam and a Lack  on  the Bank of River Sutlej would be Completed by Spending one Billion and Six Hundred Million Rupees:Baleegh-ur-Rehman

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Minister of State for Higher Education and Interior, Engineer Baleegh-ur-Rehman has said that Rubber Dam and a Lack on a total Area over 1187 Acre of Land Adjacent to the Bank of River Sutlej would be Completed by Spending one Billion and Six Hundred Million Rupees to meet the Future Requirement of Supplying Water in the water deficit Area for the Residents of two Districts Bahawalpur and Lodhran.

                This Project in Envisaged to Evolve an Scientific Aqua Mechanism, Which would not only Raise the level of Portable Water but would also Purify it to Ensure Delivery of Safe Drinking Water to Millions of People. He made these Remarks while Chairing a High-Level Meeting regarding the Arrangements for launching this Rubber Dam Project which was held at the Conference Room of Commissioner Bahawalpur here on Saturday.

                The Meeting was attended by the Provincial Minister Cooperative Malik Muhammad Iqbal channer, MNAs and MPAs of Bahawalpur Division, they includes:- MNA Perveen Masood Bhatti; MNA Sabeeha Nazir; MPA Hasina Naaz; MPA Fouzia Ayub Qureshi; MPA Khalid Mahmood Jajja; MPA Khalid Mahmood Waran; MPA Afzal Gill; MPA Ehsan ul Haq Bajwa; MPA Shukat Lalika; MPA Muhammad Nawaz Rind; MPA Kazim Peerzada; MPA Islam Aslam; MPA Qazi Adnan Farid; MPA Syed Masood Aalam; MPA Ghulam Murtaza. Beside, the Meeting was also Attended by Mr. Samiullah Chaudhry and Chaudhry Saad Masood.

                The Concerned Officials brief the Meeting that 1187 Acre land for Rubber Dam and Lack Project in the Area of Sutlej River is a Major Development Project to make Futuristic Arrangements to meet the Requirements of safe drinking Water to the Residents of the targeted Areas. Out of 1187 Acres of land:- 588 falls in Bahawalpur District; 599 in Lodhran District while the 130 Acres of land is Situated in different Government Revenue States.

                Provincial Minister of Cooperative Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer directed the Concerned Officials that Punjab Government is committed to ensure Compensation to the Owners of land which would be required for launching this project.  He further said that Comprehensive, Effective and Fool-proof Arrangements would be made to ensure Prompt and just Compensation to the Owners of lands which would be required.

Anti-Terrorism Court Bahawalpur Convicted an accused

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Judge Anti-Terrorism Court Bahawalpur Mr. Khalid Arshad has Convicted an Accused, Abubakar alias Zarar by awarding Punishment of 12 years and 5 months Imprisonment and Imposed Seven Lakh and Fifty Thousand rupees fine here on Saturday.

                According to the Prosecution, Accused Abubakar was Apprehended by Police Station City, Haroon Abad, District Bahawalnagar, under FIR No. 20/2015 - under Section 11-F(2), 11-F(6)/11-N/9/11-W, 11-EE (4) ATA, 1997 and Section 16 West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960.