One-time cleaning in all villages to be completed by Dec 20: Commissioner

Rawalpindi: (Parliament times) Commissioner Rawalpindi Tallat Mehmood Gondal said that Rs 6.82 billion have been approved under Khadim-e-Punjab saaf dehat program under which one-time cleaning to be completed in all villages by December 20.
Addressing a meeting, he said that transportation of waste to dumping sites will cost 0.1 million per union council. H said this waste collection outsourcing will include de-silting of drains of villages, sweeping and cleaning of streets of villages, lifting of solid waste / heaps of garbage in the villages, transportation and dump off solid waste in the designated containers placed at the level of union councils.
Furthermore, he added that to make these scheme effective, training programs have been devised and 100 master trainers will be appointed to complete training on key matters by Nov 30, 2017. These trainers will be conducting 2-3 training sessions per day and one session will include almost 30 participants including UC/MC chairmen, vice Chairmen, female councilors, DCs and ACs, he shared.
Commissioner Rawalpindi Tallat Mehmood Gondal further added that government of Punjab is providing all-out resources to improve living standard of people nevertheless this can’t be achieved without the support of general public and their trust on government. He said it is now responsibility of the departments to execute the schemes within postulated time to make it fruitful for public.
EDO Finance & Planning Rao Atif Raza, AC Maliha Jamal, AC Murree Arif Awan, AC Gujar Khan Mehreen Abbasi, SE Highways, XEN buildings and heads of all concerned departments were present in the meeting.