Bank accounts of LG bodies restored
The Punjab local government ministry has restored the bank accounts of eight local government bodies consisting of 200 union councils (UCs) in the Rawalpindi district.
The government has approved funds worth Rs60 million for this purpose and each UC will be given Rs0.3 million for meeting daily expenditures. The number of UCs in Rawalpindi after the restoration of the old municipal corporation has reduced from 70 to 46.
Some 24 UCs have been attached with the district council after Rawalpindi retained the status of the metropolitan municipal corporation.
All UCs will be credited with funds this week while the UC chairman and secretary have been made signing authorities of expenditures.
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A new system will be implemented across Punjab from January 1 and the district councils in the province will remain intact. However, their number will be reduced from 36 to 35.
Lahore, being the provincial capital, will not have a district council.
Meanwhile, the employees who have returned to the district council and municipal committees have started receiving their salaries while the assets have also been returned to the local bodies.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2021.