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Rain emergency declared in Rawalpindi
July 11, 2021
Rawalpindi : The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Saturday declared a rain emergency in the district directing residents settled along Nullah Leh and in low-lying areas to remain on high alert and move to safer places. The residents should adopt precautionary measure because water level in Nullah Leh could touch the dangerous level during heavy rainfall in coming days, Wasa has warned.
The water level in Nullah Leh here at Katarian was 11.4 feet while 7 feet in Gwalmandi during heavy rainfall on Saturday.
Wasa Managing Director Raja Shaukat Mehmood told ‘The News’ that ‘Rain Emergency’ has been declared due to heavy rainfall in the coming days from Saturday to Tuesday. “The residents settled along Nullah Leh and in low-lying localities have been directed to shift to some safer places to avert any difficulty during heavy rainfall,” he said adding the leaves of all staff members have been cancelled and they will pe
Streetlights across the city remain dysfunctional
Islamabad
April 12, 2021
Pindiites are angry over damaged streetlights that have been out of order for a long time now. Several localities plunge into darkness as night falls. Movement on the city roads during the night has become risky, as a large number of streetlights lie inoperative.
“Thousands of streetlights installed in the city over the last few decades, but a small portion of them is working. With so many streetlights out of order, parts of the city are plunged into darkness soon after sunset. The concerned department is eschewing its responsibility to replacing or repairing faulty streetlights,” says Esa Naqvi.
Top Story
February 20, 2021
HAZRO: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said Pakistan with the grace of Allah Almighty would ultimately be the winner as the corrupt politicians had lost public support.
“This is a decisive moment for the nation. The masses are on one side, while these thieves and dacoits are on the other,” he maintained.
“Insha Allah Pakistan will emerge victorious,” Imran Khan said while addressing a function after the inauguration of tree plantation drive in Ghazi Barotha under his initiative of 10 Billion Tree Tsunami. Criticising the previous governments, the prime minister said during the last 30 years, big thieves and corrupt politicians had not only hurt the country economically through their loot and plunder of the public resources but destroyed the moral values as well. “They created an impression that corruption is not a bad thing,” he noted.