Demands Lahore’s beautification plan within four days
Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz visited the Punjab Safe City Project where he was briefed about the city’s CCTV monitoring system.
The meeting was attended by Sen. Rana Maqbool Ahmad, Imran Goraya, chief secretary, IG police, ACS (Home), chairman P&D, COO Punjab Safe City Authority and others.
The CM directed to set up a separate cell for managing Lahore’s traffic and ordered that the problems of safe city project employees should be resolved soon.
He further directed to initiate action against vehicles plying with unauthorised number plates adding that roads’ lane marking should be completed on a priority basis. The safe city project is very important to safeguarding the people’s lives and the credit for launching this flagship program goes to the PMLN, he added.
The CM directed that all the CCTV cameras be made functional without delay and regretted that there is no justification for what has been done with this 17.5 billion rupees project during the last two years. We are answerable to the people and no further delay should occur; he emphasised and instructed that matters should be settled early with the Chinese company according to relevant rules and regulations.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz has demanded a Lahore beautification plan within four days and directed that certified tree data be compiled as well. Similarly, trees and plants should be regularly monitored for saving them from mistletoe; he said and expressed displeasure over the closure of Butterfly Park, disfiguring of green belts and closure of fountains. It was decided in principle that public meetings and rallies would not be allowed in Greater Iqbal Park.
The CM asked the PHA to use recycled water, instead of groundwater and made it clear that presentations would not help as performance should be shown through needful actions. The Parks and Horticulture Authority should be reactivated as Lahore city would, again, be adorned with fountains, flowers and vegetables, he said and concluded that tree plantation in parks would help in reducing the surrounding temperature.
Commissioner Lahore, DG and ADG PHA, Iftikhar Ahmad, Ali Raza, Imran Goraya, Prof. Momin, Sana Riaz and Ahmad Rafay Alam attended the meeting.
