Water conservation discussed

LAHORE:A one-day international conference “Hydrology and Water Resources” was organised by the Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE) of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore.

Apart from experts from within Pakistan, experts from Malaysia, Iran, Scotland, Hungary, United Kingdom and other countries attended the conference. UET Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar while highlighting the theme of the conference indicated the need of innovative solutions of water conservation and its utilisation in order to meet the demand of the country.

Director CEWRE Prof Dr Noor Muhammad Khan highlighted main themes of the conference. In his opening speech, Punjab Irrigation Minister Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari emphasised the need of collaboration between educational institutions and utilisation of modern techniques for sustainable water management. Around 20 technical papers were presented in the conference with main focus on climate change, extreme event analysis and management, hydrological modeling, optimisation of water resources, sustainable water management approaches and need of effective water governance.

parking facility: Punjab Chief Secretary on Friday visited various parts of the Civil Secretariat and reviewed the parking and cleanliness arrangements. He directed that immediate steps be taken to improve parking facility and sanitation on the premises of the Secretariat. Over inadequate arrangements to curate books, the chief secretary also issued instructions for setting up a new library. He said that a new library should be established in the Civil Secretariat to preserve the books.

appointed: Prof Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti has been appointed as Rector Virtual University by President Dr Arif Alvi. Dr Arshad Bhatti obtained his first degree in Physics from PU. He joined PU as lecturer in 1989 and obtained his MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge, UK in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics.

WHO team: A delegation of World Health Organisation (WHO) comprising of five members led by Dr Palitha Mahipala WHO Country Representative in Pakistan visited Emergency Services Headquarters and Academy on Friday. They witnessed ongoing specialised training activities of Emergency Medical Services, Fire & Rescue. The delegates were briefed about the appropriate use of equipment in rescue operations. DG Emergency Services, Punjab said the Service had rescued over 9m victims of emergencies and saved losses of over Rs450b in over 156,000 fire incidents.