LAHORE: Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government will provide billions of rupees from its own resources for clean drinking water project.
The CM, while addressing a high-level meeting through video link from London, said that Saaf Pani programme is a splendid example of utilisation of national resources on the masses and he will personally monitor implementation of this programme.
The chief minister said that supply of clean drinking water will be ensured to people living in villages during the next two years under Saaf Pani project. He said that clean drinking water is linked with the health of people and they can be protected from diseases through provision of potable water.
He said that supply of drinking water to the people is among priorities of the government and it has started the project with a cost of billions of rupees. He said that Saaf Pani Project has been started from South Punjab and in the first phase it will be completed in the areas where there is a shortage of clean drinking water. He said that the project will be completed speedily and transparently in accordance with the policy of the Punjab government. He said that a mechanism has also been evolved for monitoring and third-party audit of the project.
Punjab Saaf Pani Company Chairman Kashif Padiar, CEO, chief secretary, Planning and Development chairman and concerned secretaries participated in the meeting from Civil Secretariat.
