Provincial Minister for Local Government Zeeshan Rafique with Commissioner Gujranwala Naveed Haider Shirazi visited Sambrial and Daska, and reviewed arrangements of cleanliness on Eidul Azha. Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Zulqarnain gave a briefing about the arrangements for cleaning on Eid in Iqbal city and across the district.
Assistant Commissioners Ahsan Mumtaz, Anwar Ali Kanju, chief officers of local bodies were also present. Minister Zeeshan Rafique said that according to the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the implementation of the comprehensive cleaning plan, including removal of offals and remains of sacrificial animals, was in progress for which the administration and district government of all the districts of the province were working together. The minister said under the zero waste policy, officers and staff were present in the field while the chief minister was monitoring the operations regarding cleanliness. He said that control rooms had been set up in all major cities where citizens could register their complaints regarding sanitation. A central control room had also been set up at the head office of the Solid Waste Management Company (SWMC) in Sialkot district. All complaints received on helpline 1139 in Sialkot had been redressed, he said. Commissioner Naveed Haider Shirazi said that all possible resources had been used for cleaning in six districts of the division on Eid-ul-Azha.
Moreover, over 1.8 million sacrificial animals arrived at 294 cattle markets across Punjab while all the nine markets of the provincial capital witnessed more than 772,000 animals. According to the Central Dashboard of Local government department, in the nine divisions, 1.2 million small animals and 612,000 large animals were brought to sell while Bahawalpur saw 155,000 and DG Khan 127,000. Similarly, Faisalabad recorded 216,000, Gujranwala 124,000, Multan 146,000, Rawalpindi 94,000, Sahiwal 76,000, and Sargodha over 103,000 animals.
