Commissioner Sargodha Division Hafiz Shaukat Ali, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Khushab Dr. Jahanzeb Hussain Labar, visited Chak No. 14/53 MB Model Village, located along the Jauharabad-Muzaffargarh Road, to review cleanliness arrangements, waste management and the performance of the relevant staff under the Punjab Chief Minister’s Suthra Punjab Programme.
On this occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner Municipal Services Zariab Sajid and Tehsil Manager Ali Shehryar briefed the commissioner on sanitation arrangements and the implementation of the Suthra Punjab Programme. Expressing dissatisfaction over the poor cleanliness arrangements, Commissioner Hafiz Shaukat Ali strongly reprimanded the concerned Tehsil Manager.
The commissioner directed the Deputy Commissioner Khushab and Additional Deputy Commissioner Municipal Services to ensure timely door-to-door collection and proper disposal of garbage and solid waste from the main roads, streets, neighbourhoods, model villages and other areas of Khushab. He also instructed the authorities to further improve the sanitation system in all four tehsils of the district and ensure 100 per cent achievement of the prescribed targets.
Hafiz Shaukat Ali stated that the Chief Minister’s Suthra Punjab Programme was an important public welfare initiative, and ensuring that its benefits reached the people was the fundamental responsibility of the concerned departments. He made it clear that negligence, inefficiency or sluggishness in implementing the programme would not be tolerated under any circumstances. He further directed the authorities to utilise all available resources to improve cleanliness arrangements.
Later, the Commissioner Sargodha Division visited the Deputy Commissioner’s Circuit House and the site of ongoing development works on DPS Road, opposite the Wildlife Park in Jauharabad. He reviewed the progress and construction activities of various projects being executed under the Punjab Development Programme.
During the visit, the Executive Engineer (XEN), Highways, briefed the commissioner on the progress of ongoing development works and various projects.
Hafiz Shaukat Ali directed the concerned officers to accelerate the pace of construction and ensure the timely completion of all development projects. He emphasised that no compromise would be tolerated regarding the quality of construction materials, workmanship and transparency in projects being carried out under the Punjab Development Programme.
Furthermore, Commissioner Sargodha Division Hafiz Shaukat Ali visited the Shawala Drain in Mohallah Azamabad, Khushab. On this occasion, the Assistant Director of the Punjab Development Programme gave him a detailed briefing on the construction of protective walls, desilting and other ongoing development works at the drain.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Municipal Services Zariab Sajid, Assistant Commissioner Khushab Ummat-ul-Salam, and officers from the Highways Department and other relevant departments were also present during the visits.
