Dilapidated condition of road irks commuters

RAWALPINDI:  The deteriorating and dilapidated condition of the road from Chungi Number 22 to Bakramandi has been irking the commuters since long but the concerned authorities and public elected representatives are paying no heed towards the issue.

The road is damaged from many places due to rain and negligence of Chakala and Rawalpindi Cantonment Boards, which causes long traffic jams during rush hours. Also, the increasing number of vegetable and fruits shops, hand push carts, goat sellers and the stalls of the traders on both sides of the road has resulted in traffic congestion, which is seriously disturbing the citizens. In addition to that, a large part of the road has been occupied by illegal parking lots, including the motorcycle workshop owners.

“I face problems daily while travelling from Bakramandi to Ahmedabad because of damaged road. I have lodged several complaints with concerned authorities but they paid no heed to my complaints,” said Imran Ali, an employee of a private housing society. He said the concerned authorities should repair the road immediately.

The road is damaged since many years but nobody is ready to repair it despite regular payment of taxes by the citizens, said Ahmed Nawaz, a shopkeeper. He said the cantonment board authority has been informed about the bad condition of the road but no action was taken. “My business is going into loss as customers cannot park their vehicles outside my shop due to traffic jam for shopping,” he said.Cantonment Executive Officers of CCB and RCB were not available for their comments.

However, MPA Malik Iftikhar Ahmed, when contacted, said he had talked with the cantonment authorities for repairing the damaged road.

He said the board authorities told him that the renovation work of road could not be done as the authorities are facing shortage of funds.–Staff Reporter

 

Two minor girls killed in

roof collapse

 

ISLAMABAD: Two minor girls were killed and six other people including four children were wounded when the roof of a house collapsed here in Ghori Town area of due to recent rain spell.

According to police, roof of a house built for the staff of Ali Akbar Mosque in Ghori Town Phase-4 caved in burying the family under the debris, reported a private news channel. Rescue teams reached the spot and retrieved the bodies and injured from the rubble and shifted them to hospital. The deceased girls were identified as Aisha and Sonia. The rescue sources said that four were children among the injured.–APP

 

COMSATS holds 116th convocation

 

ISLAMABAD: The 116th Convocation of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) was held on Saturday at CIIT, Wah Campus. During the Convocation degrees were conferred to 253 graduating students of Wah Campus at undergraduate and graduate levels in the discipline of Management Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics.

Rector CIIT Prof Dr Raheel Qamar presided over the convocation ceremony while Executive Director, COMSATS Prof Dr SM Junaid Zaidi was the guest of honour of the ceremony, according to a statement issued here.

Seven graduates were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals on account of their excellent academic performance. Director, CIIT, Prof Dr Tayyeb Akram informed the audience about campus achievements and future development plans of CIIT, Wah Campus. The Rector, CIIT, highlighted the national and international ranking, research achievements and success of the University. –APP

In his closing remarks, he congratulated all graduating students and their parents on attaining degrees and advised them to work hard and contribute in the development of the country.

The students who were awarded medals included Ayesha Sarwar, Bashair Ali, Akaisha Akhlaq, Abdul Mateen Basit, Momna Ali Shah,Sharjeel Qasim, and Adeel Abdul Hameed.