Toll revenue ring-fenced for road maintenance

Rs1 billion operational expenditure, given for the establishment of nursing college

LAHORE:

The Caretaker Punjab Cabinet decided on Monday to allocate toll revenue for maintenance of the infrastructure of 18 major roads.

Additionally, a decision was made to ring-fence the toll amount for the roads.

Approval was also granted to confer the status of a medical institution upon the Dera Ghazi Khan Cardiology Institute under the Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act of 2003, and an administrative committee was endorsed for its management.

Various measures, including Rs1 billion operational expenditure, were given the green light for the establishment of a nursing college in the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital in Muzaffargarh.

The participants of the meeting resolved to convert the 180-bed Rehmatul Lil Alameen block into the Sahiwal Institute of Cardiology, endorsing its imminent functionality.

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The caretaker cabinet approved the Data Darbar revamping project, amendments to police rules and the implementation of pay scales for 2023 aligned with those of the federal government.

Meanwhile, Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi laid the foundation stone for the Lady Willingdon Hospital reconstruction project, initiating construction by demolishing the old building's wall.

The hospital will be transformed into a 230-bed facility at a cost of approximately Rs8 billion.

The new building, covering 250,000 square feet, will be constructed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) based on a design prepared by the Infrastructure Development Authority of Punjab.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 12^th, 2023.