Delhi and Lahore-Twin Cities
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21st century lahore
You know that is where you go for Eid...? Every city has this even India.
Oh wait, you're trolling.
Die in a fire.
On top of that you have to pronounce properly. and carry a world map to it.
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Congrats to the thread opener. You have managed to suck the members in to a troll fest in what is seeming to be the fastest growing mud slinging thread ever on PDF! Not bad for a newbie, you're learning the tricks very fast
Thanks, I guess....but I'll grow hoarse saying this was to be a constructive thread!
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LAHORE: Dirty water in 70pc of CDG schools
LAHORE, Jan 8: Children in more than 70 per cent of the schools under the control of the City District Government have to drink contaminated water supplied through dirty tanks.
Consequently, a number of schoolchildren are suffering from various waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea. A few such cases have been recently reported in the Shalamar Town CDG schools.
Acting on the complaints, the CDG and the Punjab Environment Protection Department had conducted a survey of the 350 CDG schools located in the Shalamar Town. Out of 25 samples, water contamination was confirmed in 22 schools.
The survey also revealed that the water tanks of the selected schools had layers of dirt, contaminating every drop of water. The CDG, however, did not survey the pipelines supplying water to these schools to check whether the contamination was only caused by the dirty water tanks or had other reasons like pipe leakage or supply of water by the government tubewells.
As many as 1,600 schools in the provincial metropolis are being controlled by the CDG. According to an EPD official, "if a water survey is conducted properly in the other government schools, contamination may be reported in over 90 per cent of those."
When contacted, District Officer (environment) Tariq Zaman said the CDG had given the task of cleaning the water tanks of 350 Shalamar Town schools to the EDOs (works & service) and the TMOs.
He said the CDG was also planning to survey the schools under its control in future, as there were reports of contaminated water supply in most of those. "Handing over the CDG schools to the NGOs will certainly help improve the standard of education and supply of clean water to children," he hoped.
There are also reports of supply of contaminated water to the residents of Gulshan-i-Ravi, Shalamar, Baghbanpura, Mahmood Booti, Farooq Park, Afshan Park, Gul Bahar Colony, Harbanspura, the Walled City, Green Town, Township and Ravi Road. However, Wasa officials claimed that they had prepared numerous schemes this year to ensure supply of clean water to the residents of these areas.
"Wasa responds to every complaint about water," they claimed, but added that they were forced to ignore the areas where the water problems were not acute because of limited funds.
They said several new housing schemes developed in various parts of the city had their own water-supply systems, but Wasa was held responsible whenever a problem arose in these colonies.It is learnt that Wasa provides 80 gallon water to each consumer daily. A huge quantity of water is being wasted by watering plants, lawns and streets.
According to a study of the Water Resource Strategy, more than 25,000 people in Lahore are suffering from various diseases due to the consumption of contaminated water.
http://archives.dawn.com/2004/01/09/local19.htm
LAHORE, Jan 8: Children in more than 70 per cent of the schools under the control of the City District Government have to drink contaminated water supplied through dirty tanks.
Consequently, a number of schoolchildren are suffering from various waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea. A few such cases have been recently reported in the Shalamar Town CDG schools.
Acting on the complaints, the CDG and the Punjab Environment Protection Department had conducted a survey of the 350 CDG schools located in the Shalamar Town. Out of 25 samples, water contamination was confirmed in 22 schools.
The survey also revealed that the water tanks of the selected schools had layers of dirt, contaminating every drop of water. The CDG, however, did not survey the pipelines supplying water to these schools to check whether the contamination was only caused by the dirty water tanks or had other reasons like pipe leakage or supply of water by the government tubewells.
As many as 1,600 schools in the provincial metropolis are being controlled by the CDG. According to an EPD official, "if a water survey is conducted properly in the other government schools, contamination may be reported in over 90 per cent of those."
When contacted, District Officer (environment) Tariq Zaman said the CDG had given the task of cleaning the water tanks of 350 Shalamar Town schools to the EDOs (works & service) and the TMOs.
He said the CDG was also planning to survey the schools under its control in future, as there were reports of contaminated water supply in most of those. "Handing over the CDG schools to the NGOs will certainly help improve the standard of education and supply of clean water to children," he hoped.
There are also reports of supply of contaminated water to the residents of Gulshan-i-Ravi, Shalamar, Baghbanpura, Mahmood Booti, Farooq Park, Afshan Park, Gul Bahar Colony, Harbanspura, the Walled City, Green Town, Township and Ravi Road. However, Wasa officials claimed that they had prepared numerous schemes this year to ensure supply of clean water to the residents of these areas.
"Wasa responds to every complaint about water," they claimed, but added that they were forced to ignore the areas where the water problems were not acute because of limited funds.
They said several new housing schemes developed in various parts of the city had their own water-supply systems, but Wasa was held responsible whenever a problem arose in these colonies.It is learnt that Wasa provides 80 gallon water to each consumer daily. A huge quantity of water is being wasted by watering plants, lawns and streets.
According to a study of the Water Resource Strategy, more than 25,000 people in Lahore are suffering from various diseases due to the consumption of contaminated water.
http://archives.dawn.com/2004/01/09/local19.htm
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Does PDF allow members to bash others if they're being stupid? Because you are. Not because you're a nationalist, but because you do your nationalizing in a stupid way.
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Pakistan was formed in the name of Islam, not India., "Genius"
i still fail to see your point???
your argument is a failed one, you should just give up now and stop humiliating yourself
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Lahore Railway Station or garbage dump
POOR sanitary conditions mar the Lahore Railway station as the already grim state of the historic facility tarnishes due to ill maintenance.
Heaps of garbage and stagnant water at the railway lines have become a permanent feature there, which catches the attention of everyone except those responsible to clean it.
The reason behind this is the fact that the total strength of sanitary workers, at present, for the massive railway station is only 66 for three shifts. The workers are all employed as daily wagers and due to meagre pays do not take interest in their jobs.
Each shift has a 22-member staff to look after the grand British era architecture, which is evidently impossible to achieve through such insufficient manpower.
In the past, the sanitary works of the railway station were outsourced to private contractors which improved the state of affairs to a degree.
The Pakistan Railways re acquired the responsibility in 2001 in an effort to cut down on spending. The interesting fact is that in 1992 the total workers employed were 140.
Considering the population increase over the past 16 years and the increase in railway traffic the number of workers should have been doubled instead it had been cut to less than half.
The railway station has 11 platforms (1 to 9, with 2 extra platforms, 3A and 6A).
The sanitation department is responsible for the cleanliness and hygiene of all the platforms, the area surrounding the station, the area from Domoria Pul at one end and the Garhi Shahu Bridge at the other.
There is not even a single trash bin in the railway station, which has given birth to stinking piles and heaps of trash.
The conservation and maintenance of this first purpose-built British imperial era building (in 1859) is suffering at the hands of negligence by the authorities.
The British ornamented the floors of platform 2 to platform 4 with valuable red stone, which had been stained and smeared because of casualness adopted by the department concerned. The doors which should be polished to retain the significant structure in its true form had been painted over, disfiguring their original look.
With over 25,000 travellers using this station every day, all the trash, wear and tear associated with such high flux of people, if the situation is not taken into consideration, the working staff is not enhanced and equipped and the department does not formulate an effective plan for the preservation and maintenance of this 150-year old Railway Station, it is feared that it would loose its glory beyond repair.
Railways Sanitary Inspector Mian Imran told The News that the deplorable sanitary state of the Lahore Railway Station was due to insufficient staff and scarce resources.
He said that 22 workers per shift were equivalent to having one man to maintain a football field when there were 10 matches being played there everyday. Mian Imran explained that there were no trash bins at the railway Station because they were a potential security threat as they could house explosives.
POOR sanitary conditions mar the Lahore Railway station as the already grim state of the historic facility tarnishes due to ill maintenance.
Heaps of garbage and stagnant water at the railway lines have become a permanent feature there, which catches the attention of everyone except those responsible to clean it.
The reason behind this is the fact that the total strength of sanitary workers, at present, for the massive railway station is only 66 for three shifts. The workers are all employed as daily wagers and due to meagre pays do not take interest in their jobs.
Each shift has a 22-member staff to look after the grand British era architecture, which is evidently impossible to achieve through such insufficient manpower.
In the past, the sanitary works of the railway station were outsourced to private contractors which improved the state of affairs to a degree.
The Pakistan Railways re acquired the responsibility in 2001 in an effort to cut down on spending. The interesting fact is that in 1992 the total workers employed were 140.
Considering the population increase over the past 16 years and the increase in railway traffic the number of workers should have been doubled instead it had been cut to less than half.
The railway station has 11 platforms (1 to 9, with 2 extra platforms, 3A and 6A).
The sanitation department is responsible for the cleanliness and hygiene of all the platforms, the area surrounding the station, the area from Domoria Pul at one end and the Garhi Shahu Bridge at the other.
There is not even a single trash bin in the railway station, which has given birth to stinking piles and heaps of trash.
The conservation and maintenance of this first purpose-built British imperial era building (in 1859) is suffering at the hands of negligence by the authorities.
The British ornamented the floors of platform 2 to platform 4 with valuable red stone, which had been stained and smeared because of casualness adopted by the department concerned. The doors which should be polished to retain the significant structure in its true form had been painted over, disfiguring their original look.
With over 25,000 travellers using this station every day, all the trash, wear and tear associated with such high flux of people, if the situation is not taken into consideration, the working staff is not enhanced and equipped and the department does not formulate an effective plan for the preservation and maintenance of this 150-year old Railway Station, it is feared that it would loose its glory beyond repair.
Railways Sanitary Inspector Mian Imran told The News that the deplorable sanitary state of the Lahore Railway Station was due to insufficient staff and scarce resources.
He said that 22 workers per shift were equivalent to having one man to maintain a football field when there were 10 matches being played there everyday. Mian Imran explained that there were no trash bins at the railway Station because they were a potential security threat as they could house explosives.
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21st century lahore
@ Grounder,
Pakistan was formed for the Muslims of the Indus Valley. Pakistanis being natives of the Indus valley share a common and close-knit history.
Paksitanis descend from the world's oldest cvilization.
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Seeing the finer points requires a certain amount of discernment that may be lacking in a unfortunate few.
BS I say as neither Jinnah nor Iqbal came from the areas we know as IVC. Pakistan was formed as home for the Muslims of the "subcontinent" . Atleast know the vision of your founder properly before you come to spout BS
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