ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the provision of a free-of-cost transport facility to the poor women, elderly and other citizens, residing in slum areas around the Red Zone of Islamabad to help them carry firewood for domestic use.
The prime minister took timely action on the suggestion of a citizen at Pakistan Citizen’s Portal, a news release issued by the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU) here on Wednesday said.
The women, elderly and even children had to carry huge dry fire-wood lying around in the green areas of Islamabad on their shoulders or head to save themselves from the biting cold.
The directives have been issued to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to arrange the transport facility, it added.
On the prime minister’s special directives, the CDA has taken steps for the provision of transport facility, under which the women, children and elderly residing in Kachai Abadis (slums) will be having access up to the Muslim Colony.
