Rs300m approved for conservation of 18 monuments

Approved schemes include construction of Quran Mehals (Quran Palaces) at a divisional level in Punjab

MULTAN: The provincial government has approved funds on Wednesday amounting to Rs300 million for the Auqaf department to conserve 18 monuments including 11 in southern Punjab. The funding has been approved for development work in addition to employing the use of technology for geo-mapping Auqaf properties and automated collection of donations at shrines.

An official from the Auqaf Department revealed that the funding has been recorded in the Annual Development Plan of the Punjab budget 2019-20. The approved schemes also include construction of Quran Mehals (Quran Palaces) at a divisional level in Punjab.

The funding will be utilised to execute a total of 22 schemes, of which seven schemes are ongoing.

The ongoing schemes for which funding has been approved include restoration of Hazrat Shah Sadiq Nehang’s shrine in Jhang (Rs0.758m), construction of Quran Mehal at Sangla Hill city, Nankana Sahib (Rs1.837m), reconstruction of the shrine of Hazrat Bala Pir in Okara (Rs1.752m), reconstruction of Ghalla Mandi Mosque in Vehari (Rs1.627m), reconstruction of a mosque at the shrine of Hazrat Daud Jahanian in Muzaffargarh (Rs2.390m), reconstruction of Jamia Masjid Goth Aloo, Sadiqabad (Rs0.212m) and construction of nine Quran Mehals at a divisional level in Punjab (Rs42.235m).

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2019.