Crackdown on illegal housing colonies in Multan

MULTAN: The district administration will launch a crackdown on illegal housing colonies here.

Deputy Commissioner Mudassar Riaz Malik has constituted a high level committee for illegal housing colonies and buildings without designs.

The committee led by additional deputy commissioner revenue would inspect illegal housing colonies situated in the precincts of Multan Development Authority (MDA), besides the additional deputy commissioner finance, assistant commissioner Sadar, sub-registrar city and deputy director development would be the members of the committee. The committee has been given powers of civil court.

mosquito nets: The demand for mosquito nets has been increased in the summer season as most of the people prefer nets to protect them from mosquitoes and other insects.

Hundreds of vendors have set up their stalls at roadsides and many shopkeepers have also displayed mosquito nets outside their shops to attract customers.

The mosquito nets in the open market are available in five different sizes and colours on different rates starting from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 in the city and suburbs.

A citizen, Muhammad Rizwan, said that he had purchased a full size mosquito-bed-net for his protection from mosquito and other insects for proper sleep.

Another citizen, Imran Talib, informed that mosquito net was much needed for newborn babies, adding that he had purchased a small size mosquito net for his three-month-old kid.

A vendor at Bahawalpur Bypass Vehari Road, Sarfraz Khan, told that he used to purchase small size mosquito net with Rs 200 to 250 from the dealers and sell at Rs 300 to 350. However, the rates of other four different sizes nets were Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 at his stall.