Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar said that 35 per cent development budget has been allocated for the progress and prosperity of the people of southern Punjab.
He was chairing a meeting of MNAs and MPAs from Bahawalpur Division at 90-SQA on Thursday. The assembly members gave suggestions for the next annual development programme in their respective constituencies.
The CM said that the ban has also been imposed to utilize southern Punjab’s funds for other areas or projects, he added. The PTI government has focused on the development of backward areas which were intentionally ignored in the journey of progress during the past tenure.
He said link roads will be constructed to connect the districts of Bahawalpur division with the motorway and directed the concerned officials to evolve a plan for the same.
He said that rights of wheat cultivators will be safeguarded in Punjab during the current year. Farmers will be given a complete reward of their produce and wheat procurement process will be started earlier as compared to the previous year. He said that Minchinabad will be made a model city with regard to its development projects.
Similarly, repair and maintenance of Head Sulemanki Road and Bahawalnagar to Pakpattan Road will soon be started. Usman Buzdar directed to include the project of provision of necessary medical equipment in the hospitals in the next budget.
The chief minister directed to accelerate the pace of potable water project in the Bahawalpur Division adding that sewerage projects should also be soon started for water drainage. The construction of an overhead bridge from Farid Gate to Circular Road along with underpass and bridge over Railway crossing in Ahmedpur Sharqia will be reviewed, he said.
He disclosed that the project of computerization of revenue record at the rural level will be launched. A pilot project will be initially launched in 14 Qanoongoi level. The chief minister directed to take measures to overcome the shortage of officers and other staff in different departments at the district level and approved recruitments against vacant approved posts in the police department. He said the law & order situation will be improved due to overcoming the shortage of police staff.
Vehicles will soon be provided to the police department, he added. He also issued directions to take measures for filling the approved vacant posts in schools, colleges and hospitals. The matter of giving executive allowance to the police, like officers working at cadre postings, will be reviewed. Usman Buzdar also issued directions to solve the constituencies related problems of assembly members.
Provincial ministers Samiullah Chaudhry, Shaukat Ali Lalika, MNAs and Chief Whip in national assembly Malik Aamir Dogar, Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo, Muhammad Farooq-a-Azam Malik, Makhdoom Syed Sami-ul-Hassan Shah Gillani, Syed Mubeen Ahmed, members of provincial assembly including Syed Abbas Ali Shah (Chief Whip in Punjab Assembly), Sahibzada Ghazeen Abbasi, Syed Iftikhar Hassan Gillani, Aamir Nawaz Khan, Ch. Masood Ahmed, Mian Shafi Muhammad, Fawaz Ahmed, Asif Majeed, Muhammad Shafique, Secretary good governance PTI Punjab Ijaz Minhas and Bahawalpur districts also attended in the meeting.
