ACE retrieves 563,736 kanal state land worth Rs198,699m in three years
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to make surveillance stringent to control dengue besides paying special attention to providing best medical facilities to the citizens.
CM Usman Buzdar directed to ensure availability of anti-fever medicines besides utilising all resources to control dengue.
He said that the administration must ensure strict implementation of the anti-dengue measures as no tolerance will be shown over negligence.
The chief minister, in a telephonic conversation with Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid issued instructions regarding the steps for controlling the mosquito-borne disease.
Dr Yasmin Rashid informed Chief Minister Usman Buzdar that the health authorities are taking all-out measures for the availability of anti-fever medicines and she is personally monitoring the arrangements for medical treatment of dengue patients.
On Thursday, the Punjab health department confirmed that 501 new cases of dengue fever and two deaths were reported across the province in a day.
The Punjab health secretary said that 380 new cases had surfaced in the provincial capital Lahore, 32 in Rawalpindi, 16 in Gujranwala, 10 in Sargodha, 8 in Kasur, 5 each in Attock and Vihari, 4 each in Faisalabad, Okara, Sahiwal, Sheikhupura and three in Gujrat.
The total count of dengue cases in Punjab has increased up to 19,595, whereas, six deaths were reported during the past 24 hours. In Punjab, 81 persons have lost their lives due to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
The health minister apprised the CM about the steps taken to deal with the dengue situation and added that she is personally supervising the treatment of patients in hospitals along with ensuring the availability of fever medicine in hospitals.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, who went to Saudia Arabia on Nov 7, will return home on Friday (today) along with family members after performing Umrah there.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said the writ of the government is being ensured by recovering state lands from illegal occupants.
The retrieved lands would be utilized for public welfare purposes while continuing indiscriminate crackdown on land grabbers as the government will go to every extent to eliminate the menace of land grabbing from the province, he emphasised.
In this regard, the Anti-Corruption Establishment has retrieved 563,736 kanal state lands in three years valuing Rs198699.775 million.
10141 kanal land worth Rs11870.74 million has been retrieved in the Gujranwala region while 5610 Kanal land was recovered in the Rawalpindi region having a market value of Rs11,017 million.
135896 Kanal state lands were regained in the Faisalabad region valuing Rs34654 million and another 52884 Kanal land was seized in the Sargodha region with a value of Rs16123 million.
Similarly, the 41306 Kanal land valuing Rs28429 million in the Sahiwal region was also retrieved while the value of 54314 kanal state lands recovered in the Multan region was 21217 million.
The market value of 74777 Kanal land recovered in the Bahawalpur region was Rs18,597 million. Similarly, 176,594 kanal state land recovered in DG Khan region valued at Rs20,480 million.
State land measuring 1182.19 kanal (Rs26563.98 million) in Lahore region-A, 10843.14 kanal state land (Rs7534.94) in Lahore region-B and 184 Kanal (Rs2,209 million) in headquarters region were also reclaimed from the illegal occupants.
