Raiwind Tableeghi Ijtema: Mengal meets organisers to discuss arrangements

DCO orders survey of damaged roads, directs they be repaired before 9th.

LAHORE:

District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal discussed arrangements for the Raiwind Tableeghi Ijtema with its organisers on Thursday and gave various directions to make the event successful.

He said a dispensary established for the congregation would start operating from November 9. He visited different areas marked for the congregation and said the event would be made successful at every cost.

At a meeting with the congregation organisers, he said the city district government would make all arrangements to facilitate the congregation “which is the second largest after Hajj”. He directed Executive District Officer (Health) Dr Inamul Haq to set up the dispensary near the congregation site. He directed the town municipal administration to sprinkle water on the ground and conduct a survey of damaged roads of Raiwind so that they could be repaired as early as possible. He also directed the Iqbal Town TMA to display direction boards on prominent places so that the visitors could easily reach their destination. He directed rescue and health officials to depute ambulances on the site.

Mengal informed the meeting that closed-circuit television cameras would be installed at different places to improve security. He said traffic wardens would be deputed to maintain traffic and strict checking would be carried out at the entry points of the Raiwind city.

He said strict action would be taken if an official was negligent. He directed officials to work for the congregation with religious zeal. He pointed out that Section 144 had been imposed in the Raiwind city to avoid any untoward incident.

The congregation organisers showed their satisfaction over security and cleanliness arrangement in Raiwind and thanked Mengal for his cooperation to make the event successful.

Mengal also visited the Raiwind Model Bazaar and voiced dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work.

He directed Raiwind Assistant Commissioner Nadia Saqib to get the remaining 30 per cent construction work of the bazaar completed till November 15.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2012.