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Around 30,000 government and private employees deployed to facilitate residents
LAHORE: Millions are spent annually on the luxuries, maintenance and security of the government residences spread on an area of 2,600 kanals across Punjab.
According to police sources, while almost 30,000 government and private employees have been deployed in these residences to facilitate the officials, all the expenses are taken care of by the government.
All the government residences that by the way are located in the poshest areas of each city are worth billions of rupees. While the properties if sold can result in an accumulation of billions of rupees that can be utilised for the financing of several development projects across the country, the police officials residing here have a performance that is almost zero – a proof of which is the province’s crime rate that is increasing day-by-day.
According to details, among all the huge government residences, the one that tops the list is the Commissioner House Sargodha. Stretched at an area of 104 kanals, it is the country’s largest government residence. Thirty-three staff members have been deployed for the maintenance and security of the residence. Second on the list is Sahiwal SSP’s mansion that has a total area of 98 kanals. It is followed by the residences of the Mianwali and Faisalabad’s DCOs that are of 95 and 92 kanals, respectively.
Similarly, the total area of the residences of seven Punjab police DIGs and 32 SSPs alone is 860 kanals. While the Gujranwala DIG’s residence is of 70 kanals, the area on which the Sargodha DIG’s government residence is spread is 40 kanals. The residences of the Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan are of 20 kanals each whereas that of the Lahore DIG is 15 kanals.
Among the largest residences of the SSPs of the Punjab police are those of the Mianwali, Rajanpur, Sheikhupura, Bahawalnagar, Attock and Gujranwala SSPs, that are 70, 37, 32, 32, 29 and 25 kanals respectively.
