Staff Reporter Islamabad
Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar attended the Planning Commission meeting in Islamabad which was participated by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan, Secretary Planning Commission Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh, additional secretary and member planning committee. Chief Secretary Punjab, Chairman P&D and others also attended the meeting.
The meeting took stock of mega projects in the current financial year’s Public Sector Development Program’s budget in Punjab and stressed their timely completion.
The participants were also briefed about livestock, primary health, education, industry and food security issues.
The PC necessitated the need for timely completion of small dams construction projects.
The development schemes relating to the irrigation department came under discussion and the meeting also held a review of roads reconstruction, expansion and dual carriageways projects in the province of Punjab.
The need for improving the link and partnership between the federal government and Punjab was accentuated by the participants for development projects.
Talking on this occasion, the CM pointed out Punjab has been given less share in the development budget despite being the largest province. We expect due share from the Center in the PSDP budget, he insisted.
The chief minister stressed that development projects are devised keeping in view the public needs and problems adding that transparency and timely completion should be ensured.
Meanwhile, a district development package was being chalked out for every district of the province to expedite the welfare of the masses, he added.
Deputy Chairman Jehanzeb Khan said hurdles in the completion of the federal government’s ongoing development schemes should be removed and added that mega projects should be decided in the PSDP budget keeping in view the welfare and rehabilitation of the people of Punjab.
Cooperation will be extended for timely completion of the water-drainage project in Punjab, he assured.
