SARGODHA: Two students of the local Government Girls Degree College went missing on Thursday, while their parents lodged abduction complaints with the police.

According to the report lodged with the Urban Area police by the father of one of the girls, Musafra Nadeem (17), a second-year student, she went to the Government Degree Girls College at Chandni Chowk to deposit the college fee, but did not return home.

He said the college administration was also unaware of the whereabouts of his daughter, who he apprehended, had been abducted by unknown persons. He alleged that the college administration was not helping him in tracing his daughter.

Similarly, Muhammad Shahid, father of another student of the same college, lodged a complaint with Urban Area police on Wednesday night that his daughter Ishrat (19), a BS student, had also been abducted. He said his daughter left for college, but did not return home. He also complained about lack of concern by the college administration with regard to the students’ safety.

The alleged abduction of two students of the same college has caused serious concern among the parents of other students as well.

Following the incidents, the attendance remained thin at the college on Thursday as many parents did not send their daughters to the college.

PROTECTIVE WALL: In order to save Baluch Khel and Shah Nawaz Wala villages from the river Indus erosion, a protective wall will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs153.3 million in Piplan tehsil.

In this connection, the Divisional Development Working Party (DDWP) approved the PDMA-SECOM project on Thursday. Under the project, a protective wall and three studs would be built on the right bank of the river Indus to protect public schools and houses in the two villages located downstream Chashma Barrage.

According to sources, in the meeting of the DDWP, chaired by Commissioner Malik Jahanzeb Awan, Mianwali Deputy Commissioner Khalid Gurayah said the Indus water has eroded considerable land near Baluch Khel village, where schools and dozens of houses were also facing erosion threat.

Stressing the need for emergency measures, the DC said around 400 acres of agricultural land had already been washed away by the river water, despite the construction of one-kilometer-long protective wall in the area.

However, he said, due to the constant shift in the river flow, another protective wall measuring one and a half kilometre, along with three studs, will be built in the area at the earliest.

Published in Dawn, October 4th, 2024