Mughal bridge one of a few surviving Mughal era bridges on gt road

Mughal bridge one of a few surviving Mughal era bridges on gt road, needs repair and preservation from flood.

The bridge is also known by choha gujar or spin pul due to its white color. It spans river bara and connects urmar and phandu payan villages.

Built of waziri tiles, fortified with mud, lime and jute mixture, it is still fit for traffic and one of the prominent marks of the city’s glorious pst. Sarhad conservation network installed an introductory board on the bridge mentioning that it was built in 17^th century and is the only of its kind in nwfp. The bridge history dates back to emperor shah jehan era, while some belive that is was built b y sher shah suri. Local residents say it was built by karim baksh sethi, a local philanthropic who lived from 1861=1930.

            after all those yesars, the bridge still preserves its pretty good shape and being used by high traffic.

In 2003 one of its pillars collapsed, which was letter repaired, but the threats to the historical heritage are there.

Such aspects of nwfp past as this bridge have  been buried under piles of news ab out militancy and terrorist, which for years has been ravaging gthe area. There is need for media to cover these aspects too while focusing on talibanistan. If neglected any more, the province will be deprived of its heritage which will be a great loss to the country too in a direct way.

Militants set Nato oil tanker on fire in Chamkani

Armed militants attacked the NATO supplying oil tankers in Chamkani area and set six oil tankers on fire early Thursday morning.
Sources said that dozen of Taliban attacked the oil tankers being parked in Chamkani area, they fired several rockets and hurled petrol bomb inside the oil tankers.
Fire broke out in the area, which extended to other vehicles. The security guard present on the occasion made his escape from the site when he saw the armed militants.
Sources informed that pelting of patrol bombs led to fire flames all over the site, causing destruction to six oil tankers. In the meantime, police force arrived too late. The fire flames were visible till Thursday morning and hundreds of people rushed to the site.
After, the incident heavy contingent of police rushed towards the spot and cordoned off the area. The fire brigade reached the spot and after eight hours they succeeded in extinguishing fire.
Meanwhile, militants also fired several mortars in Adezai village, which resulted in damage of six houses of common people.
Those persons whose houses were damaged including the house of Gul Hussain son of Khan Mir, house of Badal son of Qaiser Khan, Moosa Khan, Spir Gul son of Nek Alam Jangriez Khan son of Moosa Khan and Khan Wali son of Jamal Jan.
The attacker made their escape successfully while police lodged FIR against the unknown militants.   ( The Nation)