LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif Friday directed to constitute a special committee to monitor the progress of different development projects through field-visits. The members of this committee should visit the field to personally monitor the progress made on development projects, and submit their reports.
Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated this while presiding over a special meeting to review progress on public welfare projects under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) from Madina through a video link. The meeting examined the progress on provincial ADP for the year 2017-18.
Addressing the meeting, the CM directed that relevant departments should ensure an accurate utilisation of funds released for development projects because timely utilisation of these funds will help the people to benefit from these useful initiatives, he said.
He said that transparency, speed, and quality of work are the hallmarks of Punjab government, and it has the honour to secure national resources worth billions of rupees from development projects by ensuring transparency.
He stated that the Punjab government has presented the largest development budget in the history of the province during the current fiscal year, and added that this ADP is a guarantor to the durable progress of the people as well as speedy progress.
He said that timely completion of different development projects is included in our priorities, and maintained that provincial ADP is a reflection of sustained development.
The speed of progress has been further expedited due to the implementation of development programme worth Rs 635 billion. He pointed out that a record fund has been allocated for the development of southern Punjab, as the development of less-developed and far-flung areas is part of the governmental priorities.
He said that a network of carpeted roads has been spread in the rural areas under the ‘Pakian Sarkan Sukhay Painday’ Programme. Due to this mega programme of construction and repair of rural roads, the rural economy has been revitalised and the lifestyle has been transformed.
Member National Assembly (MNA) Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, Provincial Minister Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Chief Secretary, Project and Development Chairman, secretaries concerned and high officials also attended the meeting in Model Town through a video link.
