FAISALABAD - The government is contemplating to run 100 environment-friendly buses in Faisalabad while in later phase this facility would be extended at tehsil level also. This was stated by MNA Chaudhry Shehbaz Babar while addressing the meeting of District Coordination Committee (DCC) Faisalabad.
Being convener of the committee, he also presided over the meeting and said that the Punjab government under dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was spending huge funds to improve life stranded of the masses by providing them basic amenities at their door steps. He took briefing about Inter-City Bus Service and said that in first phase 100 environment- friendly buses would start providing service in Faisalabad within the limits of Ring Road, however, in later phase, this facility would be enhance at tehsil level so that the students and industrial workers could avail from this service at maximum extent.
He also stressed the need of tight security arrangements for Muharramul- Haraam and said that DCC meeting should also be convened before Ashura. He said that public welfare and development projects would be executed on war-footing. He said that efforts would be accelerated for establishment of an Information Technology University and a state-of-the-art Teaching Hospital in Faisalabad. He suggested that the Teaching Hospital should be constructed near Ring Road on Sammundri Road so that the people belonging to Sammundri, Tandlianwala, Gojra and Toba Tek Singh could be provided quality treatment facilities and this hospital would also help in lessening burden on other teaching hospitals in Faisalabad city including Allied Hospital-I and Allied Hospital-II (DHQ Hospital).
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh briefed the meeting and said that local transporters were ready for Inter-City Bus Service and in this connection, a memorandum of understandings (MoU) would be signed with them very soon. He said that implementation on Suthra Punjab program was in full swing and in this connection, suggestions and recommendations of parliamentarians would be preferred. He also informed the meeting about Annual Development Program and said that work on 93 schemes was accelerated in addition to starting 37 new schemes in Faisalabad. A crackdown would also be launched soon against theft of irrigation water so that complaints of tail-enders could be redressed, he added.
Senator Talal Chaudhry, MPA Jafar Iqbal Nagra, Jaffar Ali Hocha, Arif Mehmood Gill, Khan Bahadur Dogar, CPO Kamran Adil, DG Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA) Abdul Qadir Shah, additional deputy commissioners Nauman Afzal Awan, Ahmad Saleem Chishti, Dr Shahab Aslam, Deputy Director Development Syed Naveed Iqbal, Chief Officer Municipal Corporation Muhammad Zubair Watto and others were also present in the meeting.
FCCI WORRIED OVER ACCUMULATION OF SEWAGE AND RAINWATER ON ROADS, IN COMMERCIAL CENTERS
Normal business activities are affecting due to the accumulation of sewage and rainwater on important roads and commercial centers due to the poor performance of WASA, said Dr Sajjad Arshad, Senior Vice President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI). Talking to a delegation of traders during a meeting in his office, he said that light showers have converted low-lying areas into ponds of water. He said that WASA disposal stations were also not working satisfactorily which further aggravated the situation.
