National
April 15, 2021
RAWALPINDI: Pindiites say that variety is the spice of life. When it comes to eating out, they can pay any price to bite into a diverse delicacy.
No matter in which corner of the congested old city do they find eatables to their taste.
They do not mind walking through narrow streets of the city if they know that they can eat different types of ‘samosas’ and ‘pakoras’.
“A combination of crunchy samosa and hot chai is an all-time favourite snack. On a rainy day, nothing can match the deliciousness of a plate full of samosas and ‘pakoras’ gobbled down with a hot cup.
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RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has sought Rs310 million from the Punjab government to complete two ongoing road schemes in the city which has been pending for the last three years.
A senior RDA official told Dawn that the civic body had started the work on Rs433 million Dry Port Road and Rs233 million Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Road in 2018 but the work was still incomplete for want of funds.
He said the provincial government had released a meager Rs30 million each for the two roads in Annual Development Programme 2020-21 making it impossible for the civic body to complete the construction work.
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Gas shortage hits Pindiites hard amid chilly weather
Islamabad
December 20, 2020
Rawalpindi : The gas crisis is worsening day-by-day as the consumers are running behind expensive LPG, woods, coal, kerosene oil in the absence of natural gas amid chilly weather. The SNGPL has announced to close down all CNG stations but still gas remains absent most of the day.
Over 40 per cent of ‘tandoors’ have closed down their businesses due to the absence of natural gas while others are buying expensive LPG cylinders or wood.
In the light of present circumstances, LPG sellers are looting the public with both hands and selling 1-kilogram gas at Rs170 to Rs200. The woodcutters also taking full advantage of the present situation and selling 40-kilogram dry wood at Rs800 and 1-kilogram coal at Rs90. The kerosene oil sellers are selling oil in ‘black’ at Rs150 per litre.