Dandot RS explained


Official Name:Village
Pushpin Map:Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Dandot RS, in West Pakistan
Coordinates:32.6386°N 72.9769°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Village
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Name2:Jhelum District
Subdivision Name3:1
Government Type:Local Gov.
Leader Party:PTI
Leader Title:Chairman UC
Leader Name:Naseer Ahmed Khandowa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Postal Code Type:Pakistan Post
Postal Code:49064
Area Code:0544
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:+5
Timezone Dst:+6

Shireen Abad (Dandot RS) (Urdu شیریں آباد ڈنڈوت آر ایس) is a village, union council Golepur, and administrative subdivision of Jhelum District (Urdu جہلم) in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil.[1]

Location

It is located in the foothills of the Kohistan Salt Mountains at 32°38'20.2"N 72°58'37.1"E,[2] 3 km east of the Dandot RS Khewra Salt Mine (or Mayo Salt Mine), 7 km north of Pind Dadan Khan. Me, Me, is located 31 km east of the Lilla Tobah interchange of the M2 Motorway and about 7 km from the banks of the Jhelum River, about 31 km east of the M2 Motorway and 2.5 km north of Dandot Chakwal. It is 92 km from Jhelum. It is bordered by Dandot Chakwal, Rakh Dandot, Khewra, Wara Buland Khan, Dhoke Vaince, and Choran.

History

Kaala Teeashun (Dark Station)[3] the name is a reference to the first railway station which was set up in the area by British to extract coal and gypsum in early 1930’s. Around this time Dalmia-Jain Group (now Dalmia-Bharat) also set its sight on this barren land. Due to abundance of gypsum, the prime raw material in cement production, this was a prime location to set up a cement plant. Thus began influx workers and their families to the area. This included both skilled and unskilled workers; the former mostly worked at the cement plant whereas the later were associated with numerous small scale businesses, coal mines and gypsum quarries around the factory.

Education

  1. Govt Girls Primary School Shireen Abad (dandot Rs), Jhelum[4] It is an Urdu medium Govt. School . It was established in 1942 .[5]
  2. Govt Elementary School Shereen Abad (Dandot RS), Jhelum[6] It is an English medium Govt. School . It was established in 1945 .[7]
  3. Workers Welfare School D.C.C.L Housing Colony, Dandot R.S. Teh. Pind Dadan Khan, Dist. Jehlum,[8] [9]

Zip Code

Cement Plant

  1. In few years Ramkrishna and Jaidayal established six cement factories in, Dandot, Dalmia Cement[11] Dandot Jhelum British Raj In the 1930s,
  2. National Cement plants Dandot RS Jhelum Pakistan.
  3. Dandot RS is a Jhelum And Dandot Is in Chakwal Board Line This Factory
  4. Dandot Cement Plant was installed in 1982 by State Cement Corporation of Pakistan[12]

Gallery

Dandot RS Images gallery

Notes and References

  1. [:Category:Union councils of Jhelum District|Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan]
  2. Web site: Dandot RS Location . maps . en.
  3. Web site: Kaala Teeashun (Dark Station) in early 1930’s . Pakistan Photofestival . en.
  4. Web site: 3 . Govt Elementary School (GES) Shereen Abad, Jhelum . 2020-09-17 . UrduPoint . en.
  5. Web site: GGPS Shireen Abad (dandot Rs) . Eduporta IBD . en.
  6. Web site: Govt Elementary School (GES) Shereen Abad, Jhelum . 2020-09-17 . UrduPoint . en.
  7. Web site: GES Shereen Abad . Eduporta IBD . en.
  8. Web site: Workers Welfare School . 2018 . ICATS Contests . en.
  9. Web site: Workers Welfare School (Girls) Dandot R. S. (WWS) . escavador . en.
  10. Web site: Dandot R.s., Jhelum, Punjab - North: 49064 Pakistan Postcode . 2020-09-17. pak.postcodebase.com.
  11. Web site: Dalmia Cement Dandot Jhelum British Raj In the 1930s, . Dalmia Cement . en.
  12. Web site: Calicom Industries applies to acquire Dandot Cement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181101130410/https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/165230/calicom-industries-applies-to-acquire-dandot-cement.html . 2018-11-01 . 2020-09-17 . International Cement Review.

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