A ship caught fire when it
was being broken for scrap at plot No 54 of the Gadani Shipbreaking Yard here
on Wednesday.
However, no casualty was
reported.
The fire erupted in pipeline
of the lower part of ship during shaft cutting which was anchored at plot No 54
for scraping.
The in-charge RHC Gadani Dr
Younis said that it was a light fire that erupted in a pipeline and was
extinguished right away.
Lasbela Deputy Commissioner
Iftikhar Ahmed Bugti and DPO Abdul Rauf Bareach immediately reached the Gadani
Shipyard and monitored the efforts to put out fire .
It is significant to mention
here that a bloody inferno had erupted last year in the same plot in which 29
labourers were burnt to death and over 50 workers had suffered burnt injuries.
The deputy commissioner
sought report of the incident from all concerned to stop happening of such
incidents. The shipbreaking activities were halted at the relevant ship .
ALL PROJECTS IN BALOCHISTAN
CONTINUING, SAYS WB
World Bank country
Operational Manager Ms Milanda Good on Wednesday said that it was good omen
that all projects initiated by the World Bank in Balochistan were continuing.
Milanda assured that policy
and sector plan will be top most priority of the World Bank.
Ms. Milanda Good expressed
these views in her keynote speech in a meeting with Additional Chief Secretary
Planning Qamar Mehsood and heads of all projects working under World Bank in
Quetta.
Coordinator Governance and
Policy Project Mahfooz Ali Khan and other high officials were also present at
the meeting.
Qamar Mehsood, the
Additional Chief Secretary Planning, briefing the participants said that the
Balochistan govt was working at essential stage for human development and
enhancing their abilities and expressed gratitude for the World Bank and all
those institutes working under it for assisting the government.
Source:
the
nation. 09 November 2017
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