Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that due to torturous loadshedding in Punjab , provincial government is providing generators at tube wells for the uninterrupted supply of potable water.
He was presiding over a meeting regarding supply of water here on Sunday. Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, Provincial Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Special Assistants, Members National and Provincial Assembly, Commissioner and District Coordination Officer Lahore, heads of development authorities and senior officers attended the meeting.
The Chief Minister said that special attention is also being paid to the installation of new tube wells on emergency basis in the areas facing water shortage. Similarly, he said, arrangements have also been made for the supply of water through water tankers for meeting the daily needs of the people.
He said that the government is endeavoring to evolve a comprehensive system for the smooth supply of water to the people. He expressed his satisfaction over the fact that due to efforts of the government water has become available to the people and their problems have minimized.
He said that provincial government is fully aware of the sufferings of the people due to loadshedding.. He directed that the special committee set up under the chairmanship of Mian Marghoob Ahmad MNA should look into the matters including supply of water to the citizens and installation of generators at tube wells while the committee headed by Ch. Shahbaz Ahmad MPA should take solid measures to address the complaints of the people.
Protest against loadshedding justified: Shahbaz: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that Ali Baba and forty thieves and corrupt mafia have made the life of people miserable through loadshedding and other problems. He was talking to media men in his protesting tent office against the loadshedding at Minar-e-Pakistan, and said that the people are distressed, however, the rulers are content to watch their sufferings and hardships from air-conditioned rooms.
The Chief Minister said that the rulers are wrong if they think they can resolve the issue of circular debt by printing more currency notes. He said that due to criminal negligence of the rulers, circular debt has reached the figure of Rs 400 billion during the last four years.
Shahbaz maintained that the protest of the people against protracted loadshedding is justified and he fully supports them and is ready to sacrifice his life for the masses. He said that thieves and dacoits who have created problems for the people would be made to flee.
He said that people can see through their designs and will reject this “favour”.
He said that masses are well aware of the fact that the corrupt rulers are the main cause of their problems and want to get rid of these looters and plunderers.
The convicted prime minister had promised in the energy conference held on April 09 in the provincial metropolis that a unified loadshedding schedule will be enforced throughout the country but this decision has not been implemented, he added.
CM for installing generators at tube wells
