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Diamer-Basha Dam Acquisition of land for Wapda staff colony begins

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GILGIT, Oct 21: The Diamer district administration has begun acquiring land to start work on the staff colony of the Wapda in Chilas in first phase of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam.

“We are acquiring 1,208 kanal of land at Thore point for the construction of the colony and the acquisition process has got underway” Sibtain Ahmed, Deputy Commissioner, who is also land collector, told Dawn by phone.

A joint team of Wapda and revenue department has started measurement of land being acquired for construction of a colony to be utilised by the workers of the Wapda during the construction and later on execution of the DiamerBhasha Dam, he added.

Mr Ahmed said initially a sum of Rs700 million had been paid by Wapda for onward payment of the land.

The deputy commissioner said the administration would make payments of the land compensation in accordance with the package approved by the federal government in consultation with Wapda.

He said that assistant commissioner Chilas was heading the measurement team to ensure transparency in the process.

PLAN SHELVED: The Gilgit-Baltistan police department has abandoned the idea of recruiting retired police officers on contract basis for investigation of murder cases occurred on sectarian basis, a senior police officials said.

The police official told this correspondent on condition of anonymity that the GB cabinet had decided to induct retired police officers hailing from other parts of the country to carry out transparent and fair probe because the credibility of local officers was being questioned by both the aggrieved and suspects.

“We had this plan under active consideration but now we would not be able materialise this plan since the federal government has posted five in-service officials of police group who would perform this job” he said.
gilgit, oct 21: the diamer district administration has be- gun acquiring land to start work on the staff colony of the wapda in chilas in first phase of the diamer-bhasha dam. “we are acquiring 1,208 ka- nal of land at thore point for the construction of the colony and the acquisition process has got underway” sibtain ahmed, deputy commi- ssioner, who is also land collec- tor, told dawn by phone. a joint team of wapda and revenue department has star- ted measurement of land be- ing acquired for construction of a colony to be utilised by the workers of the wapda dur- ing the construction and later on execution of the diamer- bhasha dam, he added. mr ahmed said initially a sum of rs700 million had been paid by wapda for on- ward payment of the land. the deputy commissioner said the administration would make payments of the land compensation in accordance with the package approved by the federal government in consultation with wapda. he said that assistant com- missioner chilas was heading the measurement team to en- sure transparency in the proc- ess. plan shelved: the gilgit-baltistan police depart- ment has abandoned the idea of recruiting retired police of- ficers on contract basis for in- vestigation of murder cases occurred on sectarian basis, a senior police officials said. the police official told this correspondent on condition of anonymity that the gb cabinet had decided to in- duct retired police officers hailing from other parts of the country to carry out transparent and fair probe because the credibility of lo- cal officers was being ques- tioned by both the aggrieved and suspects. “we had this plan under active consideration but now we would not be able materi- alise this plan since the feder- al government has posted five in-service officials of police group who would perform this job” he said.
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