- Facilities must be provided to farmers at wheat purchase centres: Zahid Saeed
Chief Secretary Punjab Capt (r) Zahid Saeed has directed all the departments to complete development schemes on time, saying that no delay would be tolerated in this regard. He was presiding over a meeting to review Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2016-17, at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday.
Addressing the meeting, the chief secretary said that huge funds are being spent on the provision of basic facilities to people under the Rs 550 billion Annual Development Programme. He mentioned that improvement in health, education, agriculture and social sector is one of the top priority of the government.
He directed administrative secretaries to hold review meetings monthly and ensure proper monitoring of the development projects of their departments. He said that the objective of review meeting is to get information about the uplift schemes and to enhance coordination among departments.
The secretary expressed satisfaction over the utilisation of funds as he ordered some departments to improve the utilisation. He said that transparency and quality must be ensured in uplift projects.
About wheat procurement campaign, the secretary directed that all possible facilities must be provided to farmers at wheat purchase centres. He also issued instructions regarding addressing complaints about the distribution of gunny sacks. The meeting was attended by Planning and Development (P&D) Chairman Jahanzeb Khan, administrative secretaries of different departments, and officers concerned.