KASUR - A farmer was electrocuted to death in a nearby village here on Tuesday.
According to police, Abdul Wahab of Jagowala village was working in fields when a high voltage wire passing over fields fell upon him after breaking. Abdul Wahab received massive electric shock and died on the spot. Khadian police handed over the body to the heirs after completing legal formalities.
One killed, another injured as tractor trolley hits motorcycle
A man was killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident near here on Tuesday.
According to police, two persons were riding a motorcycle at Kot Radha Kishan-Raiwind road when a loaded tractor-trolley hit their two-wheeler near Ittefaq Mills.
As a result, Mateen died on the spot while Mukhtar Ali received serious injuries. Rescue-1122 shifted the dead and injured to THQ hospital Kot Radha Kishan. Police were investigating.
Secretary reviews roads’ work
South Punjab Communication Secretary Usman Ali Khan on Tuesday reviewed development work on roads initiated under Rural Accessibility Program (RAP) Phase-II here. The program is carried out with Rs476.8 million for construction of six roads each with length of 20.35-km at different places of the district. Superintendent Engineer Highways Iqbal Yawar Wahla and Executive Engineer Muhammad Kamran were accompanying the Secretary on the occasion. Talking to Journalists, Usman Ali said that they were evaluating construction material through regional testing laboratory and third party consultants on regular basis.
He assured of making no compromise on quality and standard of entire project. He said construction of new roads would pave the way to people send goods from rural places to urban markets effectively, besides common types of transportation facilities.
The roads which he reviewed included Nanik Pur to Ranghay Walla, Watoo Wall Jhal to Chowkian, Bairon Pul to Bati Chowk and Chuk no. 15-8/BR to 19-8/BR.