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RENOVATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE YADGAR CLUB
Yadgar Club,
formerly known as
Victoria Memorial
Hall, has been
explained in detail
in the chapter titled
as ‘Places of
Interest’. The club
has even been
mentioned in the
1929 gazetteer and
is probably the only
surviving building of
historical
significance in the
midst of the
Muzaffargarh city. Over the time, the club had also become a picture of
neglect and had practically been abandoned by the general public. A project
of its comprehensive renovation and rehabilitation was therefore launched
by the District Administration in 2019 at the completion of which it would
be opened for the citizenry with added facilities. The club would comprise
one hall, six rooms, a swimming pool, a jogging track and facilities for indoor
as well as outdoor games such as table tennis, badminton, lawn tennis,
squash etc. The out-of-order clock in the clock tower of the club was also
retrieved for repair by experts brought in from Karachi. No wonder, one day
the tolls of its bells would be heard all across the city every hour – a feature
which presumably was not there in the tower even in its original form – thus
creating a fascinating environment. The contract for a catering service was
also awarded through the prescribed procedure so that food could also be
served to the members and their families on the pattern of such clubs
existing in other bigger cities of Punjab. It was further envisaged that the
club would rather go a step ahead and unlike other such clubs, open its
doors to non-members/ordinary citizens and their families too, at least on
the weekends. The club was a common asset of all the residents of
Muzaffargarh, and should therefore not be reserved for the privileged classes
alone, believed the District Administration.

Soft opening of the Club was carried out on October 3, 2019 when dinner for
the delegates of the Children Literature Festival was held there.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A WILDLIFE PARK AT THE TALIRI
BAGH
Taliri Bagh is statedly the first and the oldest garden of Muzaffargarh
spanning over 246 kanals and 7 marlas, in the east of the city, and finds a

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