Balochistan Fisheries Dept to construct three Jetties

Metro Bus Service’ on IJP Road

ISLAMABAD Staff RepoRt

Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA)

Capt. (r) Noor ul Amin Mengal Thursday directed the official concerned to take immediate steps to start the ‘Purple Line Metro Bus Service’ on Inter-Junction Principal (IJP) Road.

The decision was taken during a meeting regarding Metro bus service chaired by him.

Speaking on the occasion chairman said that the route of the Blue Line bus service should be extended up to Rawat to facilitate maximum commuters.

Mengal also directed to start Metro bus service on more new routes and extend the jurisdiction of the existing bus services so that standard travel facilities can be provided to the citizens.

He said that the Silver Line bus service should be started from the Taramri area and all the new metro bus services should be aligned with the existing metro bus service operations.

Moreover, the chairman has issued instructions that steps should be taken to run electronic buses on a government-to-government basis on the routes of Metro Bus Services. It was also decided that the students and citizens above 60 years of age would be given 50 percent discount on the buses, while children below 10 years of age to be provided free traveling facilities.

Member Engineering, Syed Munawar Shah, Member Administration, Amir Abbas Khan and other senior officials of related departments attended the meeting.

Kaghan, Naran valleys receive record heavy snowfall

KAGHAN

Staff RepoRt

After four days of continuous heavy snowfall, the skies in the Kaghan and Naran valleys were cleared on Thursday. Kaghan and Shugran received more than 4 feet of snow while Naran and adjoining areas have received more than 7 feet of snow.

According to the details, after a long time during the winter season, Kaghan and Naran valleys received record heavy snowfall which also dropped the temperatures in Naran -7, Kaghan at 03 and in Shugran -1.

Tourists were allowed to reach Shugran and Kaghan while police have installed barricades on Mansehra Naran Jalkhad (MNJ) road to stop all sorts of vehicular traffic from Kaghan to Naran and onward areas as heavy snowfall up to 7 feet has blocked the entire region.

The Met Department has forecast another snow and rainfall spell in the upper parts of the Hazara division which would further decrease the temperatures in the region.

On the other side, a large number of tourists despite all odds have reached Kaghan and

QUETTA Staff RepoRt

Balochistan Fisheries Department has started working to construct three jetties in the coastal areas of the province.

Talking to APP, an official of the Fisheries department said that the government has planned to construct three jetties at Kund Malir, Aurmara, Jiwani apart from various initiatives taken for the welfare of fishermen.

The initiative is a landmark to boost the fisheries business as there is only one landing facility for more than 10,000 fishing vessels and 88,000 fishermen, he added.

Under the initiative, modern techniques would be used to build the jetties in the coastal areas in order to promote the fishing business in the province.

“The province has the capacity to produce good quality fish and would generate more revenue by providing access to the global market,” he said.

The government has already signed an agreement with the Turkish company to conduct a feasibility survey for the construction of jetties at Kund

Malir, Aurmara, Jiwani under the Gwadar-Lasbela Livelihood Support Project (GLLSP).

Under this agreement, the Turkish engineering company would provide technical and construction support to develop jetties on modern lines for promoting the fisheries industry of Balochistan.

He said the roads and other infrastructure were also being upgraded for easy access of the local fishermen to the port for transferring fish to the markets.

The official said the provincial government has also decided to provide basic facilities to the fishermen and other people associated with the fisheries.

“The government will take more steps to save the fishermen’s livelihood and life”, he ensured adding the department should complete the land requisition process soon to establish more jetties in the coastal areas.

The Balochistan government was making serious efforts to frame the master plan of the coastal belt soon as the province possessed a plethora of tourist attractions along the 750-kilometer coastal belt.