PESHAWAR
\nAssistant Commissioner DI Khan Nadir Shehzad Khan Friday said that all arrangements for Derajat festival scheduled for March 21 to 23 in district DI Khan have been finalized.
\nPresiding over a meeting held at Rata Kalachi Sports Complex regarding the arrangements of Derajat festival, he said the festival would include cattle show, stone lifting, sequel lifting, bull cart race, donkey cart race, animal show, horse race, dog race, javelin throwing and other sports while various stalls would be set up in the family festival.
\nThe AC directed Police Department to prepare a foolproof plan for the security of the festival and also to prepare a traffic plan to maintain the flow of traffic as there is a lot of crowd during the festival days.
\nHe directed the forest department to arrange plants alongside the tracks specified for the festival and also keep the records and details besides creating awareness among the masses about Billion Tree Tsunami and other plantation campaigns on the stalls.
\nHe said that free saplings would be distributed among the people during the Derajat festival while special guests would also plant saplings at various places in the stadium as part of the tree planting campaign.
\nHe directed the Tehsil Municipal to make proper arrangements for the seating of the people while the ambulances should be ready at all times to deal with any untoward incident including the first aid staff of Rescue 1122.
\nApart from the special participation of City Mayor Tehsil Dera Ismail Khan Umar Amin Khan Gandapur, the meeting was attended by Regional Sports Officer Raziullah Betni, TMA, Department of Health, Education, Rescue 1122, C&W, Traffic, Social Welfare, Livestock, Agriculture, Food.
\nOfficers and representatives from Halal Food Authority, Forest, Wildlife, WSSC, Irrigation, Local Government, Police and other relevant departments attended. During the meeting, the participants were informed that Dera Jat Festival will continue from 21st to 23rd of this month for which arrangements are being finalized.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, Tehsil Mayor Omar Amin Gandapur said that Derajat festival is held every year and people from other cities and far flung areas including locals take keen interest in it.
\nHe said that this event provides entertainment to the people and at the same time promotes healthy activities adding that such events send a message of peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Assistant Commissioner DI Khan Nadir Shehzad Khan Friday said that all arrangements for Derajat festival scheduled for March 21 to 23 in district DI Khan have been finalized. Presiding over a meeting held at Rata Kalachi Sports Complex regarding the arrangements of Derajat festival, he said the festival would include cattle show, stone lifting, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n