Rain inundates Lahore roads, animal markets
July 21, 2021
LAHORE: The City received around 99mm rain here Tuesday inundating all major roads, greenbelts, open places and temporarily established markets for the sale of sacrificial animals.
The rain started early Tuesday and continued till noon. It damaged the temporarily established sale points of sacrificial animals due to which a large number of sellers thronged City roads with their animals. Mostly every greenbelt or open plot in various localities was flooded with sacrificial animals.
As per the data released by Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), the highest rain of 99mm was recorded at Farrukhabad and lowest was recorded at 40.6mm on Jail Road. The data showed that 97mm rain was recorded at Pani Wala Talab and Nishtar Town each, 86.3mm rain at Lakshmi Chowk, 86mm at Johar Town, 73mm at Samanabad, 68mm at Gulshan-e-Ravi, 80mm each at Chowk Nakhuda and Punjab University, 59mm at Tajpura, 58mm at Iqbal Town, 53mm at Upper Mal
1,100 dead chickens seized in Takht Bhai
July 14, 2021
MARDAN: The district administration and Food department arrested two poultry sellers and recovered 1,100 dead chickens here on Tuesday, said a communique.
The communique issued from the deputy commissioner’s office said that Assistant Food Controller Khalid Khan, Food Inspector Mohsin Nisar and Food Inspector Irfan Afridi took action against those selling dead chickens in different areas of Takht Bhai.
The team arrested two poultry sellers who were selling dead chickens. The administration recovered 1,100 dead chickens and registered a first information report against the arrested shopkeepers and sent them to jail.
Deputy Commissioner Habibullah Arif asked the people to inform the administration about such bad practices. He added that the Food Department would continue to take action against such people. The communication asked the people to inform the complaint cell at 09379230028 if they came to know about such people
Cloudy weather in Peshawar breaks hot spell
July 14, 2021
PESHAWAR: Thick clouds hovering over the provincial capital turned the weather pleasant on Tuesday, providing relief to the residents from the scorching heat.
The people in the provincial metropolis enjoyed the pleasant weather since Monday night and on Tuesday. The cloudy weather brought the temperature down as well.
There were reports of rain from other parts of the province. Weather pundits predicted rain in different areas of the KP and other parts of the country today (Wednesday).
According to Meteorological Department, Balakot in KP received the highest amount of rain 53 millimetres during the 24 hours ending Tuesday evening followed by Saidu Sharif with 32, Malam Jabba 14, Lower Dir 11, Upper Dir 02, Kakul 07, Pattan and Takht Bhai 04, Kalaam 03, Parachinar and Bannu 02 millimetres of rain.
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