CM orders Sargodha sanitation within three days

Officials ordered to ensure washing of roads, bazaars and streets

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has ordered emergency measures to solve sanitation, sewerage and beautification problems in Sargodha, setting a three-day deadline for visible improvement across the city.

Following the order. Punjab Adviser Shoaib Mirza chaired an emergency meeting at the Sargodha Commissioner's Office to review the situation and issue directives to the relevant departments.

It was stressed that all sanitation and sewerage problems of the city must be solved within three days.

The Water and Sanitation Agency was directed to immediately drain stagnant water from across the city, while deployment of additional machinery under the Suthra Punjab programme was ordered.

Officials were instructed to ensure thorough cleaning and washing of roads, bazaars and streets.

Immediate completion of zebra crossings and traffic safety measures outside schools was ordered.

For rural areas, permanent solution for ponds and pooled water were ordered.

Authorities were also instructed to improve parks, green belts and road medians without delay. Restoration of streetlights and indiscriminate action against encroachments were also decided.

The participants were informed that strict action would be taken against officers failing to comply with the directives to make Sargodha a model city in terms of cleanliness and beautification by Eidul Fitr.

A progress reportwill be submitted to the chief minister after three days.