New commissioner briefed on projects

LAHORE: The newly appointed Commissioner Lahore Zaid Bin Maqsood held a briefing session on ongoing projects on Thursday.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lahore Rafia Haider briefed the commissioner on anti-polio drive, dengue, smog, the Chief Minister Punjab’s Lahore revamping programme, revenue cases and price control initiatives.

The commissioner was told that 25 revenue circles and 251 patwar circles were working in five tehsils of Lahore and five out of nine registrar offices in Lahore have been shifted to e-registry centres. He was told that since January 2024, 14,556 registrations were done through e-registry centres.

On the occasion, the commissioner said for the polio campaign full focus must be given to nomad places, traveling points and areas of 274 union councils of Lahore. He said reasons of fake reporting from some places must be determined in terms of anti-dengue activities. He said training is must for anti-dengue and polio teams.

The commissioner was told that GIS mapping of schemes for Lahore revamping programme will be completed on Friday. He said the Chief Minister Punjab Lahore revamping programme will be completed according to deadlines with the help of mapping and dashboard.