Ban imposed on swimming in Khanpur Dam

Any person defying order shall face punishment, warns official

HARIPUR:

Haripur Deputy Commissioner on Saturday imposed a ban on swimming in Khanpur dam and its spillway for three months.

The ban was imposed for the protection of precious human lives and restricted the people from taking baths, swimming and jumping in the Khanpur dam and spillway.

According to the notification issued by the DC office in Haripur, it has been directed to the Haripur police to monitor the Khanpur dam and its spillway and make sure nobody is violating the ban and enforce it strictly.

This order shall come into force with immediate effect and shall remain in force for a period of 60 days.

The DC warned that any person contravening this order shall render himself liable to punishment under Section 188 PPC.

Locals have demanded to strictly enforce section 144 and punish the offender. Despite a ban on swimming and bathing in the Lake Khanpur and its spillway, every year, dozens of people lose their lives during the months of June and July as there is no monitoring system or punishment for the violation of the ban.

Residents living close to the dam said that since the place is a popular tourist site and picnic spot, it is not possible to stop people from going into the water.

Young man drowns

A young man, Sher Alam, drowned while bathing in the river near Ghazi Barotha barrage on Saturday.

Police said that Alam hailed from Battagram and was currently living in Gadoon Industrial Estate, Swabi.

Locals took out his body from the water and shifted the body to the Ghazi Hospital.

Man stabbed to death

A 35-year-old man named Muhammad Arshad Ashraf was stabbed to death in a Jirga on Saturday.

Police said that an unidentified man stabbed Ashraf multiple times in his chest and fled after committing the crime. Arshad was rushed to a nearby hospital but he died due to excessive bleeding.

They added that the deceased was a resident of Ming and the jira was organised to solve a monetary dispute.

Police filed a lawsuit after an autopsy report and handed over the victim's body to the family.

According to sources, several of the jirga's members have been arrested, and the police have also claimed the arrest of the main accused.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2022.