Eidul Fitr, which is supposed to be a festival of happiness, was not an occasion of revelry for many people of the city as some even struggled to find food during the lockdown while for others, the.
KARACHI: Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) has acquired a new kind of recycled, green earth manhole cover with frame to install in their area during the month of May.
According to a CBC spokesperson, some 400 manhole covers have been acquired from a Lahore-based organisation for the initial batch to be installed this month.
These will be installed in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) areas of phases I, II and VI. Some 150 manhole covers will be installed in phases I, II and II extension while the remaining 250 will be installed in phase VI.
These days, the stealing of manhole covers has become a menace for pedestrians as well as drivers. In order to indicate that there is a gapping manhole on the road ahead and to prevent people from falling into it, some people, who care, also take the trouble of placing a tree branch in it or a box or carton over it. Also, some manhole covers are higher in height than the road itself and pose a lethal hazard for motorcyclists and a problem for vehic
Police launched a search operation at Harpalke village after an armed clash broke out between police and some residents of Heir village on a road construction dispute with the Defence Housing Authority. Creative Commons/File
LAHORE: Police launched a search operation at Harpalke village after an armed clash broke out between police and some residents of Heir village on a road construction dispute with the Defence Housing Authority on Friday.
Police arrested more than 15 protesters after they allegedly shot at and injured a policeman and damaged the official vehicle. Two other policemen suffered injuries during the scuffle with the villagers.
LAHORE: Police launched a search operation at Harpalke village after an armed clash broke out between police and some residents of Heir village on a road construction dispute with the Defence Housing Authority on Friday.
Police arrested more than 15 protesters after they allegedly shot at and injured a policeman and damaged the official vehicle. Two other policemen suffered injuries during the scuffle with the villagers.
There were reports that the incident occurred when a road leading to the village was being constructed by the DHA following the Phase IX project. The villagers feared that the DHA was going to encroach upon the road which was on land owned by Harpalke residents.