Chief Minister Punjab, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed grief and sorrow over the damage caused in Rawalpindi during heavy rains.
He directed the administration to take immediate action to provide relief to the residents of the rain-affected areas.
Station Commander, Cantonment Board Rawalpindi, Brig Salman, Cantonment Executive Officer, Chaklala Cantonment Board and Member Provincial Assembly, PP-13, Haji Amjad visited the affected areas including Dhoke Juma, Lalazar, Valley Housing Scheme Chaklala and inspected the relief and rescue operation.
The residents registered their complaints against the owners of the housing society and the local administration.
According to the residents, the owners of the housing society encroached the land along the nullah and narrowed the drain which caused a lot of damage in the locality.
The residents of Dhoke Juma and Valley Housing Scheme demanded removal of all encroachments and stern action against the owners of the society.
CM appreciates LWMC, administration for best arrangements on Eid: Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz on Wednesday appreciated the administration and the staff members for making excellent cleanliness arrangements on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha across the province and announced to give one month basic salary to the staff of Lahore Waste Management Company.
He distributed appreciation certificates in a special ceremony among the selected officers of LWMC and sanitary workers.
Hamza Shahbaz while addressing the ceremony, organized at 90-SQA, lauded the commissioners, deputy commissioners and field staff of LWMC for making excellent cleanliness arrangements.
The CM acknowledged that the concerned officers and the staff members made the whole Punjab neat and clean by delivering their duties with devotion and diligence. He urged them to work with the same zeal and spirit in future also.
Hamza Shahbaz maintained that best results came to the surface due to fully adhering to the cleanliness plan in letter and spirit. The chief minister vowed, “We will make every city including Lahore a city of flowers with the passion of dedication, devotion and the spirit of service”.
Earlier, the chief minister chaired a special meeting in which the performance report of Eid-ul-Azha was presented to him. The performance of RPO Rawalpindi and CTO Rawalpindi was appreciated for making excellent arrangements for the tourists and maintaining smooth traffic flow in Murree.
It was briefed during the meeting that the performance of commissioners of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions remained better than others with regard to making cleanliness arrangements.
Bahawalpur division commissioner obtained 2nd position relating to performance and Sahiwal division commissioner got 3rd position.
Deputy commissioner Rawalpindi obtained 1st position with regard to performance, deputy commissioner Lahore got 2nd position and deputy commissioner Bahawalpur obtained 3rd position.
CEO of LWMC Lahore obtained 1st position, CEO Rawalpindi LWMC got 2nd position and CEO LWMC Bahawalpur obtained 3rd position.
Kh. Ahmad Hasaan, Ch. Shehbaz, chief secretary, inspector general of Police, concerned secretaries and senior officials attended the meeting. Commissioners, deputy commissioners, CEOs of Waste Management Companies, chief officers of Municipal Committees and WASA officials attended the meeting via video link.
