FAISALABAD: Traffic police have prepared for tourists a map carrying pictures of various historical buildings and details about their establishment. The map has been prepared as part of the 112th birth anniversary of Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Traffic wardens have taken dozens of pictures of historical places of Faisalabad which were also put on display at a two-day exhibition held at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Dec 2-3.

City Traffic Officer Arif Shahbaz told Dawn that people generally considered Faisalabad an industrial city with no historical and cultural background.

He said: “During my posting in the district from ASP to SP Jaranwala and now as CTO, I explored a number of historical places which even the people of Faisalabad didn’t know.”

He said it was praiseworthy that wardens had struggled a lot and provided pictures of historical places including those of old mosques, temples, gurdwaras, educational institutions and shrines. “With the help of the map, people can find easily the locations of the places and their historical background.”

He said the exhibition titled “From Lyallpur to Faisalabad” had also attracted a large number of people from different walks of life and lauded the efforts made by the traffic police.

Rasheed Ahmed, a student of the Government College University Faisalabad, said the pictures were a treasure trove for the youth.

He said the district government must make arrangements to provide the map at the educational institutions free of cost so that people could visit such places easily.

Naeem Adnan of Sitara Colony, who visited the exhibition, told this correspondent that he had enjoyed the exhibition as he had never seen a number of historical buildings of Faisalabad. “It was an information for him that shrine of Mirza-Sahiban is also situated in Faisalabad.”

He said the district government should arrange such exhibitions. Adnan said youth didn’t have complete knowledge of the historical places of Faisalabad as there was not a single book on the issue.

PFA: The Punjab Food Authority sealed two chilli-grinding factories on Monday and seized 3,500 kilo ‘adulterated’ commodity.

On a tip-off, a PFA team led by Deputy Director Shehbaz Sarwar raided two grinding units on Jhang Road and seized 3,500 kg ‘adulterated’ chilli.

The team seized injurious-to-health chemical colour being used by the owners. The factories have been sealed and samples sent to the lab.

The PFA officials also checked various food outlets in Civil Lines, Peoples Colony No 2, Warispura, Raja Chowk, Chak Jhumra and Samundri and issued notices to more than 300 shopkeepers and vendors, directing them to improve cleanliness.

Published in Dawn December 6th, 2016