MANSEHRA: Tehsil municipal administration (TMA), Mansehra, has dumped garbage in front of the nearby shops and business centres after removing the filth from the choked sewerage lines and a nullah, troubling the traders and other people on Abbottabad Road for the last two weeks.

The TMA started opening of the sewerage lines and a nullah after public complaints that dirty water overflowing the choked lines at Abbottabad Road is creating problems for the residents for the last many months.

Tehsil nazim Khuram Khan had ordered opening of the sewerage lines in mid October. However, the broken pieces of rocks, concrete and mud removed from the sewerage lines are lying near the Abbottabad Road for the last two week, causing problems for the passers-by, traffic and nearby traders.

“The heaps of filth and broken concrete have shattered our business activities and we are compelled to cover the open lines by our own,” said Amjid Qureshi, owner of an electronic shop. He said that the schoolchildren and women were the most affected by this situation.

He said that though the TMA opened the choked lines, it failed to shift the sewage from the area. The traders asked the TMA to immediately shift the garbage and filth from the area so that they could do their business with a peace of mind.

HOUSE LOOTED: Four armed men broke into the house of lady doctor Tanveer Chaudhry in Dub area of the city on Karakoram Highway the other night and after locking inmates in a room decamped with 35-tola gold ornaments, Rs900,000 cash, mobile phone sets and other valuables, according to the FIR lodged with the city police.

DSP Zulfiqar Jadoon told mediapersons on Sunday that they had arrested three suspects in the robbery case and the investigation was in the initial stage. The FIR was lodged on the written complaint of Shahzad, a relative of Dr Tanveer.

Published in Dawn, October 31st, 2016