Villagers foil labourer’s suicide attempt on March 27, 2020Local people and villagers saved the life of a labourer who climbed a power supply pole and attempted to commit suicide by touching a pole-mounted transformer due to hunger and non-availability of ration at his home in village Kundi Chhukhi in Dadu district on Thursday. A laborer, 40 years old Mashooq Mallah, climbed on a […]
Dadu gives a deserted look as police, Rangers patrol city on March 26, 2020All streets and main roads of Dadu city gave a look of deserted as completely locked down remained in Dadu city on Wednesday. The jointly police and Rangers personnel continued the patrolling on main roads in town and 12 people were arrested for violating the law and after few hours, they were released. . The […]
Strict lockdown observed in Dadu on March 25, 2020The all big and small towns of Dadu district were locked down on Tuesday on second day. DC Dadu, Raja Shahzaman Khuhro, SSP Dadu Dr Farrukh Raza Malik, assistant commissioner Mohammad Ali Baloch, Mukhtiarkar Dadu Abdul Hameed Khokhar visited diffrent parts of city and watched the situation of locked down. DHO Dadu Dr Zahid Hussain […]
First case of COVID-19 confirmed in Dadu, family quarantined on March 24, 2020All family members of coronavirus affected woman Shabana Vighio were quarantined at home as the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Dadu district on Monday. Shabana Vighio a coronavirus affected woman was shifted to LUMHS-Hospital Hyderabad by the rapid response team of health department Dadu through ambulance from her home at village Mohammad Khan Vighio […]
Dadu police set up watchtowers on Sindh-Balochistan border on March 23, 2020Dadu district police established watchtowers in the border areas of Sindh and Balochistan along with Dadu in the western part of the district along with Kheer Thar mountain range on Saturday due to precautionary measures against the spreading of coronavirus. Local sources of tribal areas of western part of Dadu district informed that local police […]
Jirga orders groom to hand over three minor daughters to his new father-in-law on March 21, 2020In yet another bizarre judgment handed over by members of the parallel justice system, a jirga ordered a groom to hand over three his minor daughters from his first marriage to his new father-in-law as punishment for the second marriage with his daughter. Thrari Mohabbat police arrested the tribal head and five others for holding […]
Guddu, Sukkur barrages can have 1.3m cusecs capacity if rehabilitated on March 21, 2020Sukkur Barrage is one of the most important and strategic structure of the Indus Basin irrigation system. Construction of the barrage was started in 1927 and was commissioned in 1932 with command area of about 8 million acres/3.2 million hectors; about 80% of the agricultural land in Sindh depends on this Sukkur Barrage. The barrage […]
Coronavirus: speakers call for adopting precautionary, protective measures on March 8, 2020Speakers at a seminar on Friday said that the coronavirus is an epidemic which spread only in case of ignoring the precautions as well as protective measures suggested by medical experts, which include washing hands properly and avoiding going to the public places unnecessarily. They highlighted the various symptoms of the virus and the possible […]
New survey research done on degradation of Manchar Lake on March 7, 2020A renowned environmentalist and research scholar Dr Asgar Ali Mahesar has conducted a survey research on degradation/pollution of Manchar Lake. Dr Asgar Ali Mahesar visited the different parts of Manchar lake, MNVD and RBOD-I, II and natural flows of lake like Kheer Thar Ranges and Indus River. Dr Mahesar describing the presently impact of water […]
WB environmentalist highlights threats to Indus Dolphin’s survival on March 5, 2020Senior Environmentalist of the World Bank, Mr Takeaki Sato, highlighted the negative impacts on the survival of Indus Dolphin from the construction operations of barrages, mortality in irrigation canals, depletion of prey base, fishing, pollution and poaching. Takeaki Sato visited site of Indus Dolphin at up stream of Sukkur Barrage. Dr Ali Asar Mahisar, deputy […]