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]

Shireen Abad (Dandot RS)
(شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس
Village
Dandot RS Cement Factory
Dandot RS Cement Factory
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS) (شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS) (شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS)
(شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس
Location of Dandot RS, in West Pakistan
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS) (شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس is located in Pakistan
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS) (شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS)
(شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس
Shireen Abad (Dandot RS)
(شیریں آباد (ڈنڈوت آر ایس (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°38′19″N 72°58′37″E / 32.63861°N 72.97694°E / 32.63861; 72.97694
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictJhelum District
Village1
Government
 • TypeLocal Gov.
 • Chairman UCNaseer Ahmed Khandowa (PTI)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)+6
Pakistan Post
49064
Area code0544

Location

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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

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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

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  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

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  • Dandot R.S. Post zip code Jhelum, Punjab - North: 49064[10]

Cement Plant

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  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]
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Dandot RS Images gallery

References

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  1. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan
  2. ^ "Dandot RS Location". maps.
  3. ^ "Kaala Teeashun (Dark Station) in early 1930's". Pakistan Photofestival.
  4. ^ "Govt Elementary School (GES) Shereen Abad, Jhelum". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ "GGPS Shireen Abad (dandot Rs)". Eduporta IBD.
  6. ^ "Govt Elementary School (GES) Shereen Abad, Jhelum". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  7. ^ "GES Shereen Abad". Eduporta IBD.
  8. ^ "Workers Welfare School" (PDF). ICATS Contests. 2018.
  9. ^ "Workers Welfare School (Girls) Dandot R. S. (WWS)". escavador.
  10. ^ "Dandot R.s., Jhelum, Punjab - North: 49064 | Pakistan Postcode". pak.postcodebase.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  11. ^ "Dalmia Cement Dandot Jhelum British Raj In the 1930s,". Dalmia Cement.
  12. ^ "Calicom Industries applies to acquire Dandot Cement". International Cement Review. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2020-09-17.