Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar on Thursday inaugurated reaping of the wheat crops in Rojhan, Rajanpur.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that he will oversee wheat purchase by himself. After the inauguration, Usman Buzdar also visited the wheat purchase centre.
At the centre, the CM was briefed on the wheat purchase policy while he announced that the Punjab government will purchase 35 lakh metric tons of wheat this year adding that the farmers will be given the full price of their hard work. He said that the wheat will be purchased from the farmers on a rate of Rs 1400 per 40 kg.
Usman Buzdar said that special Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been issued in the wake of the coronavirus for the wheat purchase campaign.
Later, the CM visited the wheat procurement centre in Matwa Village of Rojhan tehsil and distributed gunny bags among the farmers. In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, implementation of necessary SOPs will be ensured to protect farmers. He was also briefed about the situation of locust in Rajanpur.
Agriculture Minister Malik Nauman Langrial, assembly members and others were also present on this occasion. The CM reviewed the steps made for controlling coronavirus pandemic in a meeting at Multan Airport Lounge on Thursday.
The CM directed that provincial line departments and district administration should jointly ensure implementation on SOPs to overcome this pandemic. He added that the Punjab government is strenuously working for the rehabilitation of people affected due to lockdown and directed to further improve the facilities in quarantine centre of Labour Colony, Multan.
Later, CM Usman Buzdar visited the DHQ Hospital Rajanpur on Thursday to review facilities arranged for the coronavirus patients.
He directed to ensure better treatment of patients adding that quality healthcare facilities will be ensured in Rajanpur district. The shortage of doctors and paramedics will be overcome soon and consultant doctors will also be appointed in this hospital. He told that DHQ Hospital Rajanpur will be upgraded and Rural Health centres of Fazalpur, Kot Mithan and Dajal will be upgraded as THQ hospitals. He announced that an eye ward will be set up in Rojhan Hospital and gynae wards will be established in Jampur and Rojhan hospitals. Public Health Emergency is imposed and different steps are taken to save the citizens from coronavirus, he stated. Usman Buzdar maintained that health advisory is being strictly implemented for safety from coronavirus. He pointed out that Punjab has taken the lead by implementing Punjab Infectious Diseases Prevention & Control Ordinance, 2020 and permission has been granted to hire the services of ten thousand doctors and paramedics. He said that a maximum number of tests of coronavirus patients are conducted in Punjab and this facility will be increased to ten thousand tests daily in the next few days. The CM expressed the satisfaction that a thousand-bed field hospital is set up at Expo Centre Lahore adding that he is visiting different districts to personally monitor the medical facilities.
