MULTAN - After a gap of over two years, 129 UP/130 DN Thal Express started chugging again between Multan-Rawalpindi-Multan here on Thursday.
Divisional Superintendent, Naveed Mubashar Chaudhary,along with Assistant Com-mercial Officers Shah Jehan and Shaukat Ali opened the train today, said a spokesperson for Multan Division,
He informed that the train would depart Multan at 8am and would reach Rawal-pindi via Sher Shah, Muzaffargarh, Bhakkar, Kundian, Jund, Basal, Attock and Golra Sharif at 1020 pm.
From Rawalpindi, it would start its journey at 7 am and would reach Multan at 9:35 pm using the same route, he explained. It consisted of one AC standard, seven economy coaches, a brake van and a pow-er plant, he maintained. “It is running under Public Private Partner (PPP) and Imran Enterprises is the company which has partnered with Pakistan Railways(PR), the spokesperson not-ed.” The train went off the track during COVID-19, he said.
About 87% wheat
procurement target achieved in distt Rajanpur
About 87 percent wheat of total set target have been procured in district Ra-janpur. In a briefing given to secretary agriculture south Punjab Saqib Ateel, the of-ficials informed that nine wheat procurement centres were established in dis-trict Rajanpur to procure 180,000 tonnes of wheat.
The Food Department successfully achieved 87 percent target. Secretary Agri-culture Saqib Ateel, however, expressed satisfaction over the wheat purchase campaign. Earlier, he visited different Ramzan Bazaars in Kot Mithhan, Rojhan and Rajanpur. While addressing the citizens, he remarked that 10kgs bag of flour was being sold against Rs 400 to facilitate the masses. Similarly, the sugar is available at Rs 75/kg at Ramzan Bazaars. The secretary also inspected demand and supply and stated that the fruit of subsidy should reach to masses at all cost. “The government is offering subsidy worth millions of rupees to provide relief to masses,” he concluded.
Cotton farmers should
check seeds
Director Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Dr Zahid Mahmood Thursday urged upon farmers to check germination of cotton seeds before planting in field. In a statement issued here, the cotton growers should choose the seeds as per climatic conditions of the respective area. About how to check seeds germina-tion, the farmers should collect a small quantity of seeds from different places of same variety and soak it in water for 2 to 3 hours.
The soaked seed should be kept in wet towels in a room. Place atleast 100 soaked seeds in four places and cover the seeds with another towel in order to maintain moisture.
Then, sprinkle water on the towel from time to time so that the towels do not get dry, said Zahid. After four days, pick up the towel from the top and count the seeds grown in all four places separately and take out the average of the seed. If the germination is 80% or more, then the seed is much better for cultivation.
Divisional Superintendent, Naveed Mubashar Chaudhary,along with Assistant Com-mercial Officers Shah Jehan and Shaukat Ali opened the train today, said a spokesperson for Multan Division,
He informed that the train would depart Multan at 8am and would reach Rawal-pindi via Sher Shah, Muzaffargarh, Bhakkar, Kundian, Jund, Basal, Attock and Golra Sharif at 1020 pm.
From Rawalpindi, it would start its journey at 7 am and would reach Multan at 9:35 pm using the same route, he explained. It consisted of one AC standard, seven economy coaches, a brake van and a pow-er plant, he maintained. “It is running under Public Private Partner (PPP) and Imran Enterprises is the company which has partnered with Pakistan Railways(PR), the spokesperson not-ed.” The train went off the track during COVID-19, he said.
About 87% wheat
procurement target achieved in distt Rajanpur
About 87 percent wheat of total set target have been procured in district Ra-janpur. In a briefing given to secretary agriculture south Punjab Saqib Ateel, the of-ficials informed that nine wheat procurement centres were established in dis-trict Rajanpur to procure 180,000 tonnes of wheat.
The Food Department successfully achieved 87 percent target. Secretary Agri-culture Saqib Ateel, however, expressed satisfaction over the wheat purchase campaign. Earlier, he visited different Ramzan Bazaars in Kot Mithhan, Rojhan and Rajanpur. While addressing the citizens, he remarked that 10kgs bag of flour was being sold against Rs 400 to facilitate the masses. Similarly, the sugar is available at Rs 75/kg at Ramzan Bazaars. The secretary also inspected demand and supply and stated that the fruit of subsidy should reach to masses at all cost. “The government is offering subsidy worth millions of rupees to provide relief to masses,” he concluded.
Cotton farmers should
check seeds
Director Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Dr Zahid Mahmood Thursday urged upon farmers to check germination of cotton seeds before planting in field. In a statement issued here, the cotton growers should choose the seeds as per climatic conditions of the respective area. About how to check seeds germina-tion, the farmers should collect a small quantity of seeds from different places of same variety and soak it in water for 2 to 3 hours.
The soaked seed should be kept in wet towels in a room. Place atleast 100 soaked seeds in four places and cover the seeds with another towel in order to maintain moisture.
Then, sprinkle water on the towel from time to time so that the towels do not get dry, said Zahid. After four days, pick up the towel from the top and count the seeds grown in all four places separately and take out the average of the seed. If the germination is 80% or more, then the seed is much better for cultivation.
