CM okays Rs2b package for Harrapa

Says half of funds will be used for roads repair


Imran Adnan January 21, 2021
Punjab CM Usman Buzdar. PHOTO: EXPRESS

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday announced Rs2 billion development package for the historic city of Harrapa.

The chief minister along with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar visited Harappa on Wednesday and announced development package during a meeting with notables of the area. He highlighted that half of the amount would be used for roads repair while Rs500 million will be used for water supply and sewerage improvement.

Similarly, Rs500 million will be spent on construction of overhead bridge and underpass at the railway crossing, he said.

Buzdar announced development of 2,000 villages, including that of Sahiwal, as model villages, adding that Sahiwal Teaching Hospital would be made functional soon. Cardiology Institute will be constructed in Sahiwal and expressway will be constructed for Sahiwal from Samundri Interchange to facilitate different districts, he announced.

He affirmed that a programme has been devised to give universal health coverage to every citizen, adding that Sahiwal and DG khan divisions are included in the first phase as PM Imran Khan will soon launch this programme in Sahiwal. Similarly, the wastewater treatment plant will be inaugurated in Sahiwal soon, he held.

“As many 10,000 policemen are being recruited along with the provision of 650 new vehicles,” he said. The CM emphasised that the government has no problem or threat from the opposition and advised it to shun doing anything against national interest.

“We will continue moving forward side by side as Sarwar and I are striving to improve Punjab under PM Imran Khan,” he said. “After recovery, I visited Sahiwal and Harappa.”

A Rs18 billion development package has been announced for Sahiwal through Punjab intermediate cities improvement investment programme and development work will be done. “No area will be deprived of the fruits of development as development is the right of every citizen which will be given to every city,” he added.

Adviser Asif Mahmood said that tourists van project will be started soon and the family site will be developed as well. Former MNA Rai Hassan Nawaz thanked the CM for taking interest in the development of Harappa and Chichawatni.

Earlier, CM and governor were given a briefing about Harappa Museum in which they were told that 5,000 antiquities, out of 25,000 items, have been put on display.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2021.

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