KOHAT: The district administration and Water Supply and Sanitation Company (WSSC), Kohat, launched a 15-day cleanliness campaign from police lines depot here on Saturday.

On this occasion, deputy commissioner Abdur Rehman appealed to the people to keep their streets, houses and roads clean and dispose of garbage at designated dumping sites from where the staff could easily remove it.

WSSC CEO Arif Rauf said the garbage dumps, which had been causing nuisance to the public for years, would be removed. He said the campaign would continue without any break.

Assistant commissioner Talha Zubair and sanitary inspector Mohammad Sohail were also present on the occasion.

CRACKDOWN: A crackdown has been launched against the influential land mafia in view of increasing complaints.

Talking to mediapersons on Saturday, district police officer Sohail Khalid forewarned all the SHOs that if anyone was found guilty of laxity in taking action he would be sent to police lines.

He appealed to the victims to contact the police with proofs if anybody had occupied their land or house so that relief could be provided to them.

VACCINATION CENTRE: Focal person Dr Haroon said here the other day that arrangements had been finalised for opening of a second Covid vaccination centre for residents of the city at the tehsil municipal administration hall. He told this correspondent that the need for another centre was felt because there was only one counter at the police hospital in the city and days had to be fixed for male and female visitors due to staff shortage.

Deputy commissioner Abdur Rehman visited the TMA offices and checked the arrangements being made for the centre.

Meanwhile, elders of Junglekhel irked by unscheduled power outages in a meeting with deputy commissioner have agreed on forming a committee for checking ‘Kunda’ system and power stealing to end line losses.

The meeting chaired by the deputy commissioner in his office was attended by Pesco SDO Wajidullah and elders Dr Hashim Bokahri, Israr Shiwanri, Farooq Zaman and others. The SDO said a separate cable would soon be arranged for the area to control line losses.

Published in Dawn, June 6th, 2021