LAHORE - Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Senator Ishaq Dar will inaugurate 972nd Urs Hazrat Ali Hajveri commonly known as Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhsh (RA) by performing Chadar Poshi (covering with a sheet) and laying wreath on the grave of the saint today (Tuesday).
The minister who is also Chairman Religious Affairs Committee Data Darbar will also inaugurate sabeel of milk. He will also inaugurate computer language laboratory at Jamia Hajveria. Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Atta Mohammad Manika, Director General Auqaf Tahir Raza Bokhari, Nazim-e-Ala Auqaf Nayyar Iqbal, parliamentarians and notables will participate in the ceremony.
SWM ARRANGEMENTS: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has issued a plan about maintaining overall cleanliness around city’s busiest and historic area Hazrat Ali Hajveri’s shrine by collecting and transporting solid waste generated during the Urs.
A large number of devotees from all over the Pakistan come to attend this great event for participation every year.
The plan will be executed during three days of Urs. A crew of 65 workers along with necessary gadgets and machinery has been dedicated in three shifts for the overall maintenance of clean environment in and around the shrine, its premises and linked routes.
Containers will be placed around shrine at sore points to avoid any waste heap. Senior Manager Operations AsifIqbal and Suhail Anwar Malik along with concerned managers, assistant managers and zonal officers will supervise operational activities in close coordination with other departments of district administration.
The communication Department of LWMC will set up two camps at the venue for on spot registration/redressal of waste related complaints, public briefing, leafleting and distribution of waste bags among visitors and shopkeepers with message of cleanliness.
Head of Communication Department Jamil Khawar along with his team comprised of social mobilisers will lead awareness raising activities.