LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar held an important meeting with provincial ministers including Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Dr Muhammad Akhtar Malik, Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, Sardar Asif Nakai and Hashim Jawan Bakht to discuss various matters including providing relief to the masses, Ramadan Package, cleanliness situation and the progress on development schemes.
The CM directed the ministers to conduct field visits for monitoring the steps taken for providing relief to the citizens. The Punjab government has initiated Ramadan Package and agri-fare price shops are set up in Ramadan bazaars. The government will continue to take every step to provide relief to the general public, he added. Artificial increase in the prices of essential items will not be tolerated and the rights of the people will be fully protected, he stressed. Provision of maximum relief is a government agenda and it will go to every extent to control prices to provide relief because the interest of the people is dear to the government, the chief minister added.
The CM directed to ensure implementation of Covid SOPs in Ramadan bazaars adding that social distancing and facemasks’ restrictions be implemented strictly. He also directed to ensure the best cleanliness arrangements in Lahore and other cities adding that removal of garbage be expedited. Similarly, cleanliness plans should be daily monitored and the cleanliness of different cities should be ensured at every cost, he directed.
Meanwhile, zero-waste operations should be ensured in the city and no slackness will be tolerated. The provision of a neat and clean environment is the responsibility of the government and citizens should not face any difficulty in this regard, he repeated. Similarly, timely completion of development projects should be ensured. No compromise will be made on the quality of work and third-party monitoring of every project will be held, concluded the CM.