Most of new and ongoing schemes have been recommended in Multan, Bahawalpur and DG Khan. PHOTO: FILE
Overall an amount of Rs300 million would be utilised on total 22 schemes, official sources from Auqaf department told APP on Sunday.
Seven of these 22 schemes were on-going and rest of the 15 were new and all of them would be taken up in the forthcoming fiscal year 2019-20, subject to the final approval. The on-going schemes for which funding has been proposed included restoration of shrine of Hazrat Shah Sadiq Nehang in Jhang (Rs0.758 million), construction of Quran Mehal (QuranPalace) at Sangla Hill city, district Nankana Sahib (Rs1.837million), reconstruction of shrine of Hazrat Bala Pir in Okara (Rs1.752 million), reconstruction of arcade, Verandah, main entrance, Wuzu place (Ablution Point), and renovation of Ghalla Mandi Mosque at Vehari (Rs1.627 million), reconstruction of mosque at shrine of Hazrat Daud Jahanian in Muzaffargarh (Rs2.390 million), reconstruction of Jamia Masjid Goth Aloo, Sadiqabad (Rs0.212 million), and construction of nine Quran Mehal (Quran Palaces) at divisional level for preserving and protecting sanctity of Shaheed Quranic Papers at divisional level in Punjab (Rs42.235 million).
The new schemes proposed for North Punjab districts included re-use of ablution water at shrine Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhsh in Lahore (Rs13.689 million), phase-I of provision of facilities for pilgrims at shrine Hazrat Imam Aliul Haq at Sialkot (Rs10million), Phase-I of upgradation of shrine Hazrat Bibi Pak Daman in Lahore (Rs30 million), restoration works and provision for attached facilities at Baadshahi Masjid in Lahore (Rs10million), and development scheme at shrine Hazrat Baba Faridud Din in Pakpattan (Rs15 million).
Most of the new and on-going schemes for restoration of monuments were proposed in southern Punjab's divisions of Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan. These are 13 in number, including three ongoing schemes, one each in Muzaffargarh, Vehari and Sadiqabad. Eight new schemes proposed to be taken up in South Punjab in2019-20 included conservation and restoration of shrine Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya in Multan (Rs15 million), construction and restoration of shrine Hazrat Abdul Wahab Bukhari, Daira Deen Panah, district Muzaffargarh (Rs20 million), conservation and restoration of shrine Hazrat Sultan Ahmad Qatal in Jalalpur Pirwala, district Multan (Phase-I, Rs10 million), development scheme at shrine Hazrat Chawli Mashaikh, Burewala, district Vehari (Rs10 million), construction and restoration of shrine Hazrat Makhdoom Jahanian, Jahangasht at Uch Sharif, district Bahawalpur (Rs5 million), restoration of shrine Hazrat Sakhi Sarwar in Dera Ghazi Khan (Rs10 million), provision of facilities for Zaireen Hazrat Zinda Pir, Dera Ghazi Khan (Rs5million), conservation and restoration of shrine Hazrat Pir Rajan Shah, district Layyah (Phase-I, Rs10 million).
Two other schemes worth Rs85.5 million were proposed to strengthen monitoring of monuments under Auqaf department and system of collection of donations there.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2019.
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