B A H A W A L P U R : Three officials have been held accountable by an investigation committee for the drowning of an elderly man in an open manhole of the Bahawalpur Me tr op olitan Corporation (MC) last year.

Dawn learned that Atta Muhammad drowned on Sept 22, 2022, in the open manhole in Katchi Abadi,Tibba Badar Shair.

The incident sparked a public outcry in the area, and an inquiry committee, headed by the revenue additional deputy commissioner, found the sanitary supervisor, subengineer and municipal officer negligent, and recommended that a disciplinary action be taken against them.

FEE ISSUE: Governor Balighur Rehman, as chairman of the board of governors of the Sadiq Public School, has turned down a pro-posal to increase students`fees.

According to an official handout, the decision was taken at a board meeting on Wednesday.

POLIO: Up to 114,000 children, out of 360,000, have so far been administered polio drops in the past three days in Lodhran district.

Deputy Commissioner Babar Rehman Warraich learned this at a briefing on Thursday.

He expressed the hope that the target would be met in the campaign.