Punjab govt to spend Rs8b on clean water

Progress on purification, supply schemes discussed in Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority meeting

LAHORE: Punjab government is spending Rs8 billion on the provision of clean drinking water to the people across the province, Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said.

Jointly presiding over a Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority (PAPA) meeting on Thursday, Governor Sarwar and Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said previous governments had ignored the basic issue of clean drinking water.

“The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is committed to ensuring the provision of clean drinking water to all citizens,” said the CM.

Speaking to the participants, Sarwar said that operation and maintenance units should be developed for monitoring and ensuring continued functioning of water supply schemes because access to clean drinking water was the right of every citizen.

He maintained that the best team had been available for the authority and midnight oil was being burnt for the success of this project. “We want to develop a unified model for ensuring clean drinking water for the citizens,” he said. “The commissioners and deputy commissioners will have to take a lead for this project,” added Buzdar.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31^st, 2020.