Minister for Local Government Zeeshan Rafique was briefed on the progress on Punjab Development Programme (PDP) during a meeting held at the Programme Management Unit (PMU) Garden Town.
LG minister briefed on PDP progress
LAHORE, Oct 31 (APP): Minister for Local Government Zeeshan Rafique was briefed on the progress on Punjab Development Programme (PDP) during a meeting held at the Programme Management Unit (PMU) Garden Town.
Secretary Local Government Zaid Bin Maqsood, Project Director Shahid Zaman Lak, concerned Municipal Officers Infrastructure (MOI) and Assistant Project Directors also attended the meeting.
Minister for Local Government Zeeshan Rafique said that after considerable progress on water tanks and drains, now the work is underway on construction of disposal stations.
He said that construction of 96 underground tanks under the “Maryam Nawaz’s Sohna (beautiful) Punjab” programme will provide capacity to store 23 million gallons of rainwater in 51 cities.
The minister said that 115 drains measuring 61 km long are also being constructed under the PDP while construction of 40 disposal stations has already started in different cities.
The provincial minister directing to acquire land for the remaining disposal stations at the earliest stressed that every possible effort should be made to achieve the targets before the next monsoon.
